Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-11-24
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, {

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
ttGod OF our Fathers, known of old;
Lord of our far-fung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and PINE,
Lord God of Hosts be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget
The president Of the United States has
proclaimed Thursday, the twenty-ninsh
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
fertilization from the struggling infancy Of
national life to that time when our milii-.
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 lis
! already breaking with radiant promise of
| great events in the sky of the future; when
as a government and as q 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 and broader meaning than the
day has ever had before.
w should be thankful for the ray IN
which this great people in the first flush
of its mighty manhood is moving forward
finching every duty with which chat des-
tiny brings it$face to face. WeSShould he
Especially thankful that during the year now
closing in the early dawning o. a new
century our star of national destiny is ap-
proachIng the zenith Of its brilliancy I'M
| furnished by a single blot of dishonor and
1.-THE holy aspirations of our fathers are
being realized. We should render heart,
felt thanks for the season of unexampled
commercial prosperity; for the operation
of mills and factories at their fullest cap
acity; for elevation of labor and its
fullest compensation; for the preservation
from pestilence and disease; for the happy
contentRlen of all the people, and for that
loyal and patriotic judgment of our citi-
zens which insures the permanently and
strength of our government,
/ therefore recommend that Thursday,
1.-The twenty-ninth day of November, be set
1 apart as d day of gratitude and thankful
praise to Almighty God for the many
blessings the year has showered upon us
as a people.
Let us meet together in our homes and
| places of worship and with humble spirit
and grateful hearts render Joyful praise 10
i the Giyer OF all good.SsAIn the privacy OF
tiyes and friends let the spirit OF forgive
ness prevail that we may be true to our
4 eIIow-mena and to ourselves and more de
serving Of the saving blessings of Divine
i Providence s{
dren. Make merry in the good old ways,
Roll back the burden of the years. Aday
1 thus spent will not only be q Living service
to God, but q blessing to Others and Q
4 benediction to ourselves.
Therefore, i, IN. Devine, acting goy-
ernor of the state Of North Dakota. &C
hereby set apart
THURSDAY, 10Th AYs0F NO;
VENEER, 1900,
as Il aavxof Thanksgiving and prayer.
Done at the capitol in the city of BIS:
4 marcE, this 10Th dayMof November, in tllf
year of our Lord nineteen hundred.
J. NJ. DEVINE.
S# Acting Governor.
B ! the Governor:
RED FALLEY,