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do earnestly recommend to the people, and especially to all ministers and teachers of religion, of all denominations, to all heads of families, to observe and keep that day according to their several creeds and modes of worship, in all humility, and with all religious solemnity, to the end that the united prayer of the nation may ascend to the Throne of Grace and bring down plentiful blessings upon our own country. In testimony whereof, &c., Abraham Lincoln. By the President: W. H. Seward, Secretary of State. Surely, "the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." A Northern Journal changes its tone. The New Bedford (Mass.) Mercury, hitherto one of the most rabid war journals, has changed its tone of late. In the last issue come to hand the editor remarks: It cannot be denied that we are disappointed at the formidable aspect the rebellion has assumed. We thought to have suppressed it in a few weeks, and supposed the South would yield at once before the e