The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-11-08

IH SIbp, IdttoIN ana SURE. lOT SEMI
ing our products abroad, and fo
bringing in turn the resources q
other states to ourselves, have beer
unusually active. 4 thousand in
stru mentalities combine. from dal
10 day. to make every home til,
center Of comfort and plenty. Al
the complex activities of commerc,
unite To place every person into
corresponding relations with all IT,,
world has to offer for food, for raj
inent and for shelter.
But better and higher than al
/ the ministries which supply TIE
| physical necessities of the people
We should recognize with profound
gratitude the constant and varied
increase OF the blessings which salts
| ~ the hunger of the heart, the mind
and the spirit.
The parental providence of father
and mother more and more tend to
mirror the all guarding Providence
| of our heavenly Father, and this is
followed by the increase of filial
tenderness and devotion, and also
by the enlargement of the confiding
affection which binds together the
hearts of brothers and sisters.
We should remember with deep
Thanksgiving the growing dispo-
sition on the part of those who have
been fortunate in the accumulation
OF great wealth, to establish insti-
tutions, the object OF which il to give
TO the whole people, in higher forms,
the riches they have secured by toll
and self-sacrifice. The money they
acquire by the application of intelli-
gence and skill to the raw material
furnished by the boun; irs of nature.
they Use to feed the common mind.
through institutions of learning,
through public libraries, and through
galleries of art. The cnlture, the
high ideals and the noble aspirations
fostered by such public institutions
tend infinitely more To enrich a state
than mere eXpanse of territory, or
vast material wealth, unwisely
boarded for selfish ends. With
science, Learning, art and religion |
pouring their soft and meIlowing
light upon the lives of all our peo-
pie. abundant scope and opportunity |
Will be furnished for the develop |
ment, not only OF the richest country |
he world ever saw, but also for the |
fullest grOwsh oi the wisest and most |
humane. That citizens of our own
state have within the past year
given TO the cause of edusa ton
amounts of sneh magnitude az toex-
cite the attention of the world. is
easse sufficient 10 thrill the hearts OF
al our people.
We should remember With pro-
'oSnd gratitude that We have been
preserved from great loss by ire or
Hood. or storm, and that our peo-
pie have responded with hearty
lnanirnity to the calls for help which
nave come 10 US from sections of
the country shat have suffered.
Therefore, | proclaim THURSDAY.
be 29th day OF November, 1900. a
lay OF general and public thanks
giving, recommending that the peo-
pie OF this state suspend their secular
avocatiOns. and assemble to their
respective places of worship and
'ender grateful offerings of praise 10
he bountnul Giver Of all good. with
ievout supplication for His abiding
ayor and protecting care In these
'erylces charita bic consideration for
he poor and sympathy for the
borrowing Will not be wanting. Ii IL
viii be well 70 remember the words
ii the prophet. Nehemiah. spoken
With reference to "a thanksgiving dav
appointed more than twenty-three
ago: This day is holy W. ,
% the Lord. your God; mourn not |
lOr weep; go your way, eat the fat
AID drink the sweet, and send Dor
ions unto them for whom nothing
: prepared: for this day is holy unto
1ur Lord: neither be We sorry. for
h Joy OF the Lord Is yourstrey,e-tb
In testimony whereof, | hereuutol