Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1914 — Fast Instead of Feast. [ARTICLE]

Fast Instead of Feast.

Thanksgiving day, 1860, was a memorable event in the United States. From many a pulpit that day fell a warning that abnegation before God was more fit than the usual enjoyments ol the day. So widely did this impression prevail that President Buchanan was appealed to by associations and various persons to appoint a special day of fasting and prayer to avert the dreaded coming of civil war. . He yielded to the request, and Friday, Jan. 4. 1861. was set apart to that purpose.