Session of 2021
House Resolution No. 6007
By Representatives Rhiley, Garber, Jacobs and Murphy
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1 A RESOLUTION declaring September 24, 2021, as a day of prayer,
2 fasting and public humiliation in Kansas.
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4 WHEREAS, Our state and nation cries out in pain, grief, anxiety and
5 worry; and
6 WHEREAS, We restate the proclamation of President Abraham
7 Lincoln, "It is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge
8 and revere the Supreme Government of God," and "...that the fear of the
9 Lord is the beginning of wisdom"; and
10 WHEREAS, We humbly ask Almighty God in accordance with His
11 sovereignty to heal our land of calamities, division, anger and strife; and
12 WHEREAS, We further quote President Lincoln to, "...earnestly
13 recommend to the people, and especially to all ministers and teachers of
14 religion, of all denominations, to all heads of families, to observe and
15 keep that day, according to their several creeds and modes of worship, in
16 all humility and with all religious solemnity, to the end that the united
17 prayer of the nation may ascend to the Throne of Grace, and bring down
18 plentiful blessings upon our country"; and
19 WHEREAS, We have the confidence that, in accordance with God's
20 will, our nation and state will be healed and unified: Now, therefore,
21 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas:
22 That we designate Friday, September 24, 2021, as a day of prayer, fasting
23 and public humiliation in Kansas; and
24 Be it further resolved: That the Chief Clerk of the House of
25 Representatives shall send an enrolled copy of this resolution to
26 Representative Rhiley.