Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Gov. stephens of Missouri Issues His
Annual Thanksgiving Proc
lamation.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 3.-Gov
Stephens to-day issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation:
Executive Department,
State of Missouri.
City of Jefferson,
November 3, 1850.
The present year closes the most won
aerfu1 century in the history of Xxi
The time is most appropriate for review
der the blessing of God, have, during the
past 1p0 years, conspired TO give US the
drSt place among the people of the earth.
The fields, the mines and orchards OF
the commonwealth have abundantly re-
sponded during the past II months to the
Intelligent labor of our eop
The countless agencies represented in
shop, factory and store, for sending our
the resources of other states to ourselves,
have been unusually active. A thousand
1aW I'm rnaIa COMBINE hon from gay to
comfort and plenty All the complex ac-
tivities of unite to place every
person into corresponding relations with
all the world has to offer for food, for
raiment and for shelter.
But better and higher than all the min
lstrieS which upply the physical neces-
sites of the people we should recognize,
with profound gratitude. the constant and
varied increase of the blessings which sat-
isfy the hunger of the heart, the mlnd
and the spirit.
The parental pro%vidences, of father and
mother more and more tend to mirror the
all-guarding providence of our heavenly
Father, and this is followed by the in
crease of flial tenderness and devotion,
and also by the enlargement of the confd-
Ing affection which binds together the
hearts of brothers and sisters.
We should remember with deep hanks
giving the growing disposition on the
part of those who a been fortunate IN
ta a inst diddh o. the Seea ob} setit Of W W lei
Is to give to the whole people, in higher
for forms Sd the riches they 4aye secured b
acquire by the application of intelligence
and skill to the raw material furnished by
the bounties of nature, they use to feed
the common mind, through institutions of
learning, through public libraries and
bfh ir6 iSea gaif and fb OF n ART I aae,e eattnPe' f the
tered by such public institutions tend IN
1nitely more to enrich a state than mere
wealth, unwisely boarded for selfish ends,
with science, learning, art and religion
on the lives of all the development, not
only of the richest country the world ever
saw, but also for the fullest growth of
the wisest and the most humane; THAT
past years given to the cause of education
amounts of such magnitude as to excite
the attention of the word, is cause suf-
fcient to thrill the hearts of all our peo-
pie.
gratitude that we have been preserved
from great loss by fire, OF flood, or storm,
hearty unanimity to the calls for help
which nave come to US from sections oil
the country that have SuHered.
J therefore, | proclaim Thursday, the
18th day of November, 1900, a day Of gen.
eral and public thanksgiving, recommend
ing that our people of this state suspend
their secular avocations, and assemble in
their respective places OF worship and rem
der grateful offerings of praise to the
bountiful Giver of all good, with deyout
applications for His abiding favor anc
protecting care. In these services charita-
bic considerations for the poor and SYM
pathy for the s~orrowins will not be want
ing.
It will be well to remember the words of
the prophet Nehemiah, spoken with refer
ence to a thanksgiving day appointed
moro than twenty-three centuries ago:
This day is holy unto the Lord your God;
mourn not; nor weep; go your way, eat
the fat and drink the sweet, and send
portions unto them for whom nothing is
prepared; for this day is holy unto our
Lord; neither be We sorry. for the joy of
the Lord is your strength;
In testimony whereof i h~ereunto set my
hand and cause to be affixed the great
seal of the state of Missouri. Done at
the city of Jefferson this third day of Nc
vember, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred.
LON v. STEPHENS.
By the Governor.
A. A. LESUEITR,
Secretary of State.