What other religious assembly was held by the people, and how long after the first?
What previous preparation had they made for the profitable observance of the fast?
Will our fasting and prayers be unavailing without the relinquishment of known sins?
What were the services of the occasion?
Does the prayer uttered on this occasion contain a compend of the history of the nation of Israel?
Is it proper for us in prayer to set the mercies of God as forcibly in contrast with our own unworthiness as possible?
What resolution did they come to in consideration of the divine goodness and of their own sins?
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