Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-16
Thanksgiving Jay.
The President issued the following n ovenl-

The President issued the following oven-
Der 1st:
Byte President Of the United States Of Amer
Sca. A proclamation:
The American people should gratefully
render thanksgiving and praise to the Su
preme Ruler OF the universe, who has watch
ed over them with kindness and fostering
care during the year that has passed; they
should also with humility and faith suppli-
cate the Father of all mercies for continued:
blessings according to their needs, and thu,
should by deeds Of charity seek the favor OF
the Giver of every good and perfect gift.
Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland President
OF the United States, do hereby appoint ana
S apart Thuf day, the Goth day of Nnvenl-
Der instant as day of thanksgiving and
prayer, to be kept and observed by all TIN
people of the land.
On thai day let our ordinary work and bus
mess be SUI pelded, and let us meet in eur &C
customed places of worship and give tia nks
to Almighty God for our preservation as
nation, for our immunity from disease and
pestilence for the harvests that have reward
ed our husbandry, for renewal of nationa!
prosperity, and for every advance in virtue
and Intelligence that has marked our growth
as people.
And with our thanksgiving, let us pray that
these blessings may he multiplied unto Us
that our national conscience may be quick
ened to better recognition of the power and
goodness of God, and that in our national life
we may clearer see and closer follow the path
of every righteousness.
And in our places of worship and praise a.
we'll as in the happy reunions of kindred and
friends on that day. let US invoke Divine APP
prevail by generously remembering the poor
and needy. Surely He who has given us GEM
fort and plenty will look upon our relief of
the destitute aut our mnistrations of charity
as the work of hearts truly grateful, and a.
proofs of the sincerity of our Thanksgiving.
Witness my hand and the seal of the United
States. which have caused to be hereunto at
fixed
Done in the city of Washington on the list
lay of November in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and ninety -four, and of the
independence Of the United States the one
hundredth and nineteenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
w. Q. GRESHAM,
Secretary of Stat.
GOVERNOR o'FERRALL's PROCLAMATION
AS TO IT'S PROPER OBSERVANCE.
Governor OFerroll, through the Secretary
Of the Commonwealth, Hon. Joseph T. Law
less, has issued the following proclamation
in regard to the proper observance Of Thanks
giving day:
The prpSi Of tho taJ tota boc
commended that Thursday, the 2ath day of
November, one thousand, eight hundred aud
ninety-four, be set apart as a day OF national
Thanksgiving and prayer, ami as tie people of
Virginia have ever acknowledged the existence
| of a Supreme Ruler OF the Universe, and cast
their dependence on Him as the gyer of every
good and pefect gift, they should manifest
their gratitude in special maner for their
exemption from scourges and epdenic>,
riot, bloodshed and disorder, storms and
droughts, for health and comfort, and the
manifold blessings vouchsafed unto them
during the year now SO nearly ended.
Therefore, l, Charles 7. OFerrall, Gov
ernor of the Common wealth of Virginia. in
conformity with the recommendation of the
President of our common country and the
GSldDilSHeu uSdsso VI GNS executives OF the
States composing this Union do earnestly re-
| commend that on the day named above, in
city, town, hamlet and rural districts, all
business and secular work be suspended and
all the people of this Commonwealth con-
gregate in their places OF worship, and. with
| prayer and anthem return thanks and give
evidence of their deep gratitude for the inf
| nj, care, wondrous kindness and boundless
goodness of dim who creates, preserves and
governs all things by his almighty power
and wisdom, whose glory the heavens declare
| and whose handi WORK the armament shoWeSh
| Let this day, thus designated, be also a day
for the gathering of families, that the places
consecrated by parental love and the nnn-
cence and memories of childhood m,y be
made dearer for the meeting of friends, tn
their bonds may be strengthened and for til
| dispensing of charities and the gladdening
of the hearts of the needy, remembering that
'Chality gives itself rich; cuyetausness
boards itself poor"
| Given under my hand and the great seal OF
of the Common wealth, at the city of Rich
mond, the l0th day OF November, in the year
| OF our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-tour, and of the Commonwealth the
one hundred and nineteenth.
By the Governor,
CHARLES I. O'FERRALL
! }. L. LAWLhsS,
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