Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-11-19
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.


STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
God of our Fathers, known Of old;
Lord of our far-fiung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palmXand pine,
Lord God of Hosts be with us yet,
LestSWe forget, lest we forget
The president of the United States has
proclaimed Thursday, the ~twenty-ninth
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 milf
tary, naval and commerciat supremacy is
acknowledged among the nations OF men.
At this period when the year nineteen
hundred is running out Its days and the
already breaking with radiant promise Of
great events in the sky of the future; when
as a government and as a people we have
spread abroad the splendid possibilities Of
giving Of the year nineteen hundred takes
on d new and broader meaning than the
day has ever had before.
We should be thankful for the Sway IN
which this great people in the first flush
Of its mighty manhood is moving forward
to meet Its destiny and to do without
f1inching every duty with which that des-
tiny ago bring sn Il taGe + t. fa gwr,n J We tse should 1ssr no ne
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closing In the early daWning of a new
century our star of national destiny is app
preaching the zenith Of its briiliancy UNI
furnished by a single blot Of dishonor and
the holy aspirations of our fathers are
being realized. We should render heart
felt thanks for the season of ,nnexampled
commercial prosperity; for the operation
acity; for the elevation OF labor and Its
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 permanency and
strength of our government.
I therefore recommend that Thursday,
the twenty-ninth day Of November. be set
apart as a day Of gratitude and thankful
praise to Almighty God for b many
blessings the year has showered upon us
as a people
Let us meet together In our homes. and
places OF worship n with humble spirit
n grateful hearts render joyful praise to
the Giyer of all good. In the privacy of
our homes In happy communion with rela-
lives and friends let the spirit Of forgive
ness prevail that We may be true to oar
EfellOw-men and to ourselves and more de
serving Of the saving blessings Of Divine
Providence Il
dren. Make merry In the good old why's.
Roll back the burden Of the years. "a day
thus spent4will not only be n living service
to God, but a blessing to others and q
benedtct1On to ourselves,
Therefore, ], ]. M. Devine, acting gov
ernor of the state Of North Dakota. edo
hereby set apart
THURSDAY, THE 29TH DAY OF NO.
VEMBER, 1900.
as d day OF Thanksgiving and prayer.
Done at the capitol In the city OF Bis.
year OF 0nr Lord nineteen hundred.
]. M. DEYINE,
Acting Governor.
BY the Governor:
FRED FAILEY.
Secretary OF State.