Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-30
THANKSGIVING.

THANKSGIVING.
''COme, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of Harvest Home;
All is safely gathered In,
Ere the winter storms begin;
God, Our Maker, doth provide,
For our wants to be supplied;
Come to Gods own temple, come,
Raise the song of Harvest Home"
This mornings dawn ushered in the Amer
lean annual Thanksgiving day. Nothing
can be more appropriate than for a people
a supreme, beneficent SUI
perintendence, to set aside an especial day
to rejoice in, and give thanks for divine
favors. The custom of observing an. an
nual Thanksgiving day, originated in the
feryent piety, and unfaltering trust in an
Almighty Ruler, of our deyout Puritan
faith. rs.
ssRobbiDss history of the Puritan Faith
ers' gives the following interesting, and
touching account of the first Thanksgiving:
s'From the third week in May, 1923, to the
middle of July, there was no rain. The corn,
for which they had made their utmost exertions.
withered under the heat of scorching sun, and
the greater part of it appeared irrecoverably
lost. The Indians, seeing their prospects,, OBJ
served that they would soon be subdued by
famine. when they should find them an easy
prev. A public fast was appointed and Oh =
served with great solemnity. The morning md
most of the day was clear and hot, but to- yards
evening, the clouds collected, and, like ne gra-
cious influence of God, the rain desf ended in
moderate, yet copiOus showers. mis- revived
their expiring crop, and produce'A a plentiful
harvest After which they obze rved day of
public thanksgiving, the orig n of the annual
Thanksgiving which is now observed in New
England
In following years the people solemn
iRed day of thanksgiving unto
the Lord'' after they had gathered
in the fruits of their labors
Eight years after the day spoken of in
Robbins history, lin 1881: occurred the
first recorded formal thanksgiving, ap-
pointed by the governor of Plymouth col.
ony. The observance has been regular in
every year in New England by guber'
material appointment, and this state ne.
igious observance gradually spread into
other states, until at last at has received
national adoption, and the last Thursday
in November has become permanently set.
tied as the day for this annual religious
and social festival.
Early in the history of Plymouthcolony
when the colonists depended for supplies
by shipboard from the mother country
they we're reduced by scarcity and famine
to the very point of starvation. Under
these trying circumstances, the 22d day
of February afterwards to be so distiu
guished as the birthday of Washington, the
father and saviour of his country was ap
pointed as a day of solemn fasting
aud prayer to Almighty Goo
for the mercifCl interference of his benign
providence, to save them from starvation
Day by day, the anxious watchers scanned
the dreary waste of waters, to descry the
long overdue and hoped for ship. Before
the day appointed for the fast arrived, The
glad cry of "a sail, sail,' rang through
the colony, and the grateful people &C
knowledging the divine interpositiop
changed their day of fast into day Of
thanksgiving.
The following compilation of thanksgiv
ing day observances will be of interest, a:
showing how the practice steadily grew
upon the people:
In the Dutch settlement of New Netherland
Albany, N. " Gov. Kieft proclaimed publi
Thanksgiving in 1914, on account of a victor,
over the Indians; and again in 1645, because o
| the conclusion of peace. Early in the war TO
independence the Continental Congress adoptet
the practice. The days appointed during tn
revolutionary war were as follows: Thursday
July 20, ITS; Friday, May II, 1776, and an
other, to be fixed by the several states, orderet
BY resolution of Dec. II, 1776; Wednesday, Apri
&,22, 177S; Thursday, May 6, 1779; Wednesday
April G., 1880; Thursday, May 3, 1881; Thursday
April Is, 1852. These eight appointments TO
Thanksgiving days were madeby the Continenta
Congress in the form of recommendations to tn
executive heads of the several state governments
With only one exception, congress suspended
business on the days appointed for Thanksgiving
Washington issued proclamation for a genera
Thanksgiving by the continental army on Thurs
day, Dec. l8, 1777, and again at ValleyqForge
May 7, 177S. As president, Washington ap
pointed Thursday, Nov. 26, 1889, day for gen
eral Thanksgiving throughout the Union; ais,
Thursday, Feb. 10, 1895.
Since the Thanksgiving day appointed
by President Lincoln, following the BATH
and Union victory at Gettysburg, the ma
tional executive has issued his annua
proclamation appointing and recommend
ing the last Thursday in November as
day of thanksgiving and praise to Almight.
God, for this protecting care and benefi
cence to the people. The custom now i
for the governors of states to follow tn
president in recommending the same da,
for religious and social observances, so tina
it is equally national and state obser
vance.
Thus the influence of the devout piety O
the founders of the old Puritan common
wealth still lives to benefcially effect tn
habits and customs, and to mold the re-
ligious and social life of the great and ex
banding republic.
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