The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-11-08
Governor AndeFs0n's Thanks
gfvfng ProciauaalIJn.
4 FfOolamatioa, tS Chdrlcs anderson,
C0CerRor Of de State Of Ohio.

4 Pvolaa0tioA, LS ChdrEes anderson,
COOvRor Of de State Of Ohio.
Yet another year has passed over our
State and Nationi And the people of
Ohio, in accordance With usrge of our dead
fathers, older than the State itself, have
been once again invoked, by joint resolu-
tion Of their General Assembly, tn unite in
| a public acknoWlodgsn mt, a well 0f the
existence, power, and goodness of God, as
of His interposing hand in all the works,
ways and relations of men.
/ And now, upon a full consideration of all
the religious truths connected with this
venerable custom, and with lively remem-
brance of all the events of that past year,
what ought this whole people to feel and to
utter their family reunions, in the greetings
of friends and neighbors, and around the al
tars of the Most High? Can it he possible
that any people ever before could have had
such causes as ourselves, for thankfulhess
and praises to God? If the annually recur-
ring seasons of the regular year and the va
rying climates of our globe, with all their
goodly fruits and health and other countless
comiarts and delights, have ever been and
shall always be, severally and in their due
success ION. tttest causes for greatful hom-
age to that benign Heart and bounteous
Hand, form which they ever flow, what can
We feel what shall we say, of our debt of
gratitude fer His works and mercieS in this
the most memorable of all the years2 All
those natural and general blessings we have
fully shared with others. But great ma
ton, desparativcly imperiled, has been
grandly saved. And that nation was-is-
ours Surely, surely, if ever State and
Nation in all history, had more than fttest
and fullest cause to give thanks unto the
Lord for his wondrous benefits and forbear.
ances, very surely are they these Of ours.
here and now For, whereas, at our festi-
walls, we were at war, we are now in peace
we were divided, We are one; we were poor
and weak, We are rich and strong we were
pitied, or doSpised by all the nations Of the
carts, AMI are we not cnvied and honored
among and above then, Slavery, like vast
pail of night-shade, blackened our whole
bright sky and degraded and disgrared all
our fair land. Now, Liberty, like wri-
sing sun, with healing in his beams, shines
and gows, under all our heavens, upon our
whole earth and into every American mind
and heart. Wondrous, happy, glorious,
change Well may we sing in the words of
that singer after God 3 own heart, amongst
his former chosen people: Thou hast
turned for me, my mourning into dancing
thou hast put of my sackcloth, and girdel
me with gladness.
Let us then, fellow citizens, each and all
all and each one of us-"Give thanks I'M
to the Lord for He is good for his mercy
endureth forever" ut is a good thing to
give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing
praises to His name. Nor (let casuists and
doubters deny as they may) shall these, our
songs, be a vain thing; for, if we may not,
by our prayers and praises, bend the Divine
will and love to us, surely we can raise ours
toward Him.
Now, therefore, I, Charles Anderson,
Governor of the State of Ohio, do hereby
appoint the last Thursday, being the seth
day of the present month of November, as
day of general Thanksgiving ard Praise
to that God of Love who has so loved and
blessed this land and people. And | do,
", request all the people Of this State, who
day to l:v aside all their customary cares
and yocationsi to gather their scattered
children around the frightened hearths and
the cheerful boards Of their oldcn family
homes; to rem lei thank tn :re, and in the
public temples, to the Heavenly Father,
for all His past benefits, and, esT ecially, for
His amazing and glorious works OF he past
year; to implore a continuance and inc, -aSe
of them, and most especially, of that high
est and best of all temporal blessings-Peac
and Good Will amongst mer; and finally,
that in the true spirit of that cheerful,
Christian thankfulness to God, and of COED
will towards men, which is suitable to an
occasion 50 extraordinary, we shall, for our
selves, strive, hcncef0rth, so to live with
our fellow citizens and our fellow men, every
where throughout now redeemed and
reunited land, as to prove Ourselves worthy
to be the common citizens of such coun-
try, and the common children OF such
God In testimony whereof, hare here
unto set my name and caused the
Great Seal cf the State of Ohio to be
affixed, at Columbus on this, tho
lis. third day Of November, in the year
ofour Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-fvc, and in tho nins
tieth year of the Independence of the
United States of America.
CHARLES ANDERSON.
By the Governor:
VIM HENRY SMITH, Secretary of State.