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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:hes@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Sat May 1 20:31:41 1993
Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 16:41-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
Subject: National Day of Prayer
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release April 30, 1993
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 1993
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The American people were the first to define a nation in
terms of both spirituality and human liberty. Throughout
our Nation's history, America has been a beacon for millions in
search of spiritual and religious freedom. Immigrants have come
to the United States seeking not just freedom from persecution
and discrimination, but also freedom for the right of self-
determination. On this National Day of Prayer, we reaffirm
this fundamental freedom of religion that has made our Nation
so strong.
Thomas Jefferson understood the greater purpose of the
liberty that our Founding Fathers sought during the creation
of our Nation. Although it was against the British that the
colonists fought for political rights, the true source of
the rights of man was clearly stated in the Declaration of
Independence. Jefferson wrote that all humans are "endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights . . . ." It
was self-evident to him that denying these rights was wrong
and that he and others must struggle to win what was theirs.
The epic struggle of the Revolutionary War and the
vigilance that the protection of our rights has required have
embedded in our Nation a profound understanding of the true
meaning and value of our freedom. With the rights of life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness comes the duty to use
those rights for the good of humankind. This belief is
fundamental to the American tradition. The result of our
Founding Fathers' conception of a state created by man
through the responsible use of God-given rights is a Nation
of unparalleled freedom and dazzling diversity.
Today we face great challenges. The diversity that
gives us so much strength is often seen as a source of
division. We are searching for solutions to the difficult
challenges of
providing a safe and rewarding future for our children, of
securing adequate health care for our people, and of building
good, nurturing communities.
Through prayer our people take a moment away from the
concerns of everyday life to understand the greater power that
gives us guidance. We come together in an act common to all
religions. Prayer gives us a quiet space to remember and
contemplate the greater purpose of the activity that fills
our lives. As a Nation, we understand the common bonds we
all share, and we recommit ourselves to serving a greater good.
Prayer enables us to rejoice in our freedoms and understand
the implicit responsibility that accompanies them. We return
to the guiding vision that gives our Nation so much vitality.
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By joint resolution of the Congress, approved April 17,
1952, the people have recognized the role of spiritual
reaffirmation and prayer in our history by setting aside a
particular day each year as a "National Day of Prayer." Since
1952, each President has proclaimed an annual National Day of
Prayer, resuming the tradition begun by our Founding Fathers in
1776. By Public Law 100-307, the first Thursday in May of each
year has been set aside as a National Day of Prayer.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 6, 1993, as a
National Day of Prayer. I call upon the citizens of this great
Nation to pray, each after his or her own manner, to remember
those who are in need, to achieve patience in tribulation, to
resolve the problems that divide us, to rejoice in hope, and to
express thanks for the abundance we have experienced throughout
our history.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and seventeenth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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