Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1918 — DAY OF PRAYER IS ASKED [ARTICLE]

DAY OF PRAYER IS ASKED

A resolution requesting the President to proclaim a “day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting to be observed by the people of the United States, with religious solemnity and offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of our cause, His blessing oh our arms and speedy restoration of an honorable and lasting peace,” was introduced in the senate yesterday by Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire. Senator Gallinger asked for immediate consideration of his resolution, and it was adopted without debate.