Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-11-17
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.

3FasA5 hAECUIlNE
.tGod of our Fathers, known of old;
Lord of our far-fHng battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion oyer palm and pine,
Lord God OF Hosts be with us yet,s85ss4sS
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
The president Of the United States has
proclaimed Thursday, the t~wenty-nintll5
day Of November, as a day of thanksgiving
and prayer to the Omnipotent Being who
In divine mercy and grace has enthroned
this republic first among the nations of
the earth; who has guided our advancing
civilization from the struggling infancy of
national life to that time when our mill
tary, naval and commercial SUPREMACY is
At this period when the year nineteen
hundred Is running out its days and the
glowing dawn of the twentieth century is
already sra Dreaming :, 4,a Win asn .pad iha fn prcmis ssns o.
as a government and as a people we have
spread abroad the splendid possibilities OF
our nations greatness, this day of thanks:
giving of the year nineteen hundred takes
on a new n broader meaning than the
day has ever had before.
We should be thankful for the ray III
which this great people the first flush
of Its mighty manhood is moving forward
to meet Its destiny and to do without
finching every duty with which that des-
tiny brings 1t face to face. We should he
especially thankful that during the year now
closing in the early dawning Of q new
century our star Of national destiny Is app
preaching the zenith of Its briniancy un-
furnished by a single blot of dishon0r and
h the holy 1.sa,; asglrati %s should ~ Gpr ren nasaeT nea are
felt thanks for the season OF unexampled
commercial prosperity; for the operation
OF mills and factories at their fullest cap
fullest compensation. for the preservation
from pestilence and disease; for the happy
contentment OF all the people, and for that
loyal and patriotic Judgment of our citi-
zens which insures the pcrmaneney and
strength of our government
I therefore recommend that Thursday,
the twenty-nfnth day OF November be set
apart as a day of gratitude and thankful
blessings the year has showered upon us
as q people,.
Let us meet together in our homes and
places of worship and with tumble spirit
and grateful hearts render joyful praise to
the Giver of all good. In the privacy of
our homes in happy communion with rela-
tiyes and friends let the spirit of forgive
ness prevail that we may be true to our
felIow-men and to ourselves and more de-
serving of the saving blessings of Divine
Providence
Let the evening be devoted to the chill
dren. Make merry in the good old ways.
Roll back the burden of the years. A day
thus spent will not only be q living service
to God, but a blessing to others and a
benediction to ourselves.
Therefore, I. J: NJ. Deyine. acting COY
ernor of the state of North Dakota, do
hereby set apart
| THURSDAY, THE 29TH DAY OF NO
VENEER, 1900,
as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer.
Done at the capitol in the city Of Bis
marck, this 18th day of November. in the
year Of our Lord nineteen hundred.
i'm. DEVINE, s8I
Acting Governor.
By the Governor:
FRED FALLEYs
+, Secretary of State.