The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-02
7HAEKsGIHING PRockAuArLoM
HARRISBURG, Nov. l, 1867.

HARHsBUEe Nov, l, 1867.
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.
From the creation of the world. in all ages
and climes, it has been customary to set apart
certain days for special religious ob 3ervance
This has not always been influenced bv the
light OF Christian knowledge, nor by any pro-
Ier conception of the character of that Great
Being who ruleth the earth in righteousness, +"
and who daily loadeth us with his benefits"
but by an innate sense of the existence of an
Over1uling Power, by which all the world and
all 1T contains are governed and controlled.
Aided by the dictates of cultivated reason and
the teachings of Divine revelation, we, however,
are taught to recognize in that Supreme Ruler
a Heavenly Father, to whom we are indebted
for existence and all the blessings we enjoy,
and to whom we owe constant and fervent
Thanksgiving and praise. II is He who
''visiteth the earth and watereth it'' who
'setteth the burrows and besseth the spring
ings thereof" who 'crowneth the year with
His goodness, and whose paths drop fatness;"
who ''clothest the pastures with noczs, and
coverest the valleys with corn" who "mal1eth
the out goiDgs of the morning and OF the even
ing to rejoice' who 'is our refuge and
strength who 'maketh wars to cease" and
'saveth us from our eDemies;" whose "thrOne
is forever and ever, and who "blesseth the
nations whose God is the Lord"
On all sides we have increased assurances Of
the Glowing kindness" of an All-Wise Parent
Of Good, who has conducted our nation through
a long and terrible war, and permitted our
people to Tepose once more in safety, "Without
any to molest them or to make them afraid"
The monstrous sentiment of disunon is no
longer tolerated. The flag, the Union, and
the Constitution are esteemed as the safeguards
of the rights and liberties of the people, and
are revered and defended as the ark of their
political safety.
A kind Providence has not grown weary of
supplying our continuous wants; a bounteOus
harvest has rewarded the labors of the hus-
bandman focks and herds are scattered in
countless numbers over our valleys and hills;
commerce is uninterrupted, and vessels laden
with the products of nature and of art speed
unmolested over the trackless deeps. Neither
pestilence, famine, political or social evils,
financial embarrassments or commercial dis
tTess, have been permitted to staythe progress
and happiness of the people of this great Com
monwealth but peace, health, education,
morality, religion, social improvement and
refinement, with their attendant blessings,
have filed the cup Of comfort and enjoyment
to OVerflOWing.
Recognizing our responsibility to Him who
controls the destinies of nations as well as of
individuals, and "from whom cometh down
every good and perfect gift, to whom we are
deeply indebted for all these and the richer
blessings of our common Christianity, let us
unitedly give our most devout gratitude and
hearty thanksgiving: l, therefore, do hereby
recommend that Thursday, the 28th day of
November next, be set apart as day of praise
and thanksgiving; that all secular and worldly
business be suspended, and the people assem-
BILE in their various places of worship to ac-
knowledge their gratitude and offer up prayers
for continuance of Divine favor.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at Harrisburg this thirty-frst
day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty seven,
and of the Commonwealth the ninety second.
JOHN w. GEARY.
By the Governor:
+. JORDAN, Secretary of State.