South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 3970

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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. G.R. Smith, J.R. Smith, Bedingfield, Hamilton, Finlay, Powers Norrell, Clyburn, Anderson, H.A. Crawford, Simrill, Bales, G.A. Brown, Atwater, Toole, Burns, Kennedy, Barfield, Gagnon, Govan, Nanney, Newton, Pope, Ridgeway, Wood, Alexander, Allison, Anthony, Ballentine, Bannister, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, R.L. Brown, Chumley, Clemmons, Cobb-Hunter, Cole, K.R. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Forrester, Funderburk, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Neal, Norman, H.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Putnam, Quinn, Riley, Rivers, Robinson-Simpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Skelton, G.M. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams and Willis
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Introduced in the House on April 17, 2013
Introduced in the Senate on April 17, 2013
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Invitations

Summary: National Fast Day

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/17/2013  House   Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 9)
   4/17/2013  Senate  Introduced (Senate Journal-page 12)
   4/17/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Invitations 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   4/25/2013  Senate  Polled out of committee Invitations 
                        (Senate Journal-page 18)
   4/25/2013  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Invitations 
                        (Senate Journal-page 18)
   4/26/2013          Scrivener's error corrected
    6/6/2013  Senate  Recommitted to Committee on Invitations

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/17/2013
4/25/2013
4/26/2013
4/26/2013-A

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POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE

MAJORITY FAVORABLE

April 25, 2013

H. 3970

Introduced by Reps. G.R. Smith, J.R. Smith, Bedingfield, Hamilton, Finlay, Powers Norrell, Clyburn, Anderson, H.A. Crawford, Simrill, Bales, G.A. Brown, Atwater, Toole, Burns, Kennedy, Barfield, Gagnon, Govan, Nanney, Newton, Pope, Ridgeway, Wood, Alexander, Allison, Anthony, Ballentine, Bannister, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, R.L. Brown, Chumley, Clemmons, Cobb-Hunter, Cole, K.R. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Forrester, Funderburk, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Neal, Norman, Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Putnam, Quinn, Riley, Rivers, Robinson-Simpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Skelton, G.M. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams and Willis

S. Printed 4/25/13--S.    [SEC 4/26/13 2:32 PM]

Read the first time April 17, 2013.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 3970) to recognize Tuesday, April 30, 2013, as "National Fast Day" in honor of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013, AS "NATIONAL FAST DAY" IN HONOR OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION APPOINTING A NATIONAL FAST DAY.

Whereas, the following proclamation was made by President Abraham Lincoln on March 30, 1863:

"A Proclamation.

Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.

And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.

And, insomuch as we know that, by His divine law, nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment, inflicted upon us, for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole People? We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!

It behooves us then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.

Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do, by this my proclamation, designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer. And I do hereby request all the People to abstain, on that day, from their ordinary secular pursuits, and to unite, at their several places of public worship and their respective homes, in keeping the day holy to the Lord, and devoted to the humble discharge of the religious duties proper to that solemn occasion.

All this being done, in sincerity and truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope authorized by the Divine teachings, that the united cry of the Nation will be heard on high, and answered with blessings, no less than the pardon of our national sins, and the restoration of our now divided and suffering Country, to its former happy condition of unity and peace.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty seventh.

By the President: Abraham Lincoln

William H. Seward, Secretary of State."

Whereas, since America's inception, such proclamations as this by President Lincoln have been a regular occurrence accepted nationally by government officials and citizens alike. In a spirit of unity, therefore, and in light of the urgency of the hour, the South Carolina General Assembly encourages the people of the Palmetto State to join with its members, as well as leaders and citizens throughout this land, in a day of prayer and fasting. Let us follow the example of our forefathers and observe April 30, 2013, as a day to humble ourselves before Almighty God in order to see healing in our land. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize Tuesday, April 30, 2013, as "National Fast Day" in honor of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation appointing a national fast day.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, Inc.

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