The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-28
SENTIMENTS APPRO-
PIRATE FOR THANKS
GIVING DAY
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lara from THIS hemisphere anu our cOH 4
sequent occupation Of the Key to the
Gulf have been accomplished, and that
the integrity of China was preserved as
his second great Labor. And we OF the
South should be specially thankful that
the whole country is united on the inter-
oceanic canal as the third great Labor of
the young Hercules, which must bring
the commerce of the, world along our
shores and put the South in the very
forefront Of prosperity and power"
HON. C. H. MEBANE, -Superintend-
ent of Public instructions: "As citizens
of North Carolina, this Thanksgiving Day
brings much to us for which we should
be grateful. especially along the line of
industrial development and educational
awakening among our people. The spirit
OF covetousness and selfishness in con-
nection with our growth in wealth is not
seen, but the spirit of the brotherhood
of man is larger in the minds and hearts
OF our people today than ever before. We
cheerfully pay our taxes to aid the poor
in our counties; for our needy Confeder-
ate soldiers, and we are ever willing to
pay taxes for the education Of all the
boys and girls OF our State, so that the
poorest child may have a chance to be
and become what God intended.
MR. ]. B. CARLYLE, of Wake Forest
College: ION this first Thanksgiving
Day Of the new century, all loyal sons
end daughters of the old North State
should feel devoutly or, teful for three
things, nancy: the thru Of industrial
activity, the stimulus to a higher intel
lectual life and the ever deepening zeal
of religious progress. ell working in
harmonious, helpfulness for the good OF
humanity and the glory Of the common
wealth."
REV. r. G. PEARSON, the evangelist
who is preaching nightly in Raleigh: Il
thank God: first, that our late and la
mented President demonstrated to the
young men of America the power of a
Cody life, and the glory of a triumphant
Christian death. Second, for our national
position as worldpower. Third for
the coming Isthmian Canal. Fourth, for
the commercial and educational strides
of the South Fifth. for a solid South
agacet e"@'r' equality. Sixth, for a
rapidly growing sentiment among our
Southern people that lynch law must be
suppressed"
HON B. r. GRADY, of Clinton, ex-
Congressman: among the many bene-
factions for which we should consecrate
this day of thanksgiving to Him from
whom all blessings how,' no one strikes
me as more worthy of our warmest graft
tude than that evolution of thought which
is urging us on to higher planes of popu-
lar enlightenment and to clearer L.
sight into the truth involved in that Won
derful prayer. Father, forgive them, for
they know not what they do
REV. JNO. w. stage, D. D., of Char
lotte, Educational Secretary of Presby-
terrain Synod: More than for full cof-
fers and full gamers, should there be
thanksgiving, that Gods estimate of man
and mans estimate of himself are nearer
in accord than ever in the history of
the race:
runs,
And the thoughts of men are widened
with the process of the SUMS
l., l.. HOBBS. President of Gulsord
College, Thankful for our national
strength and prosperity. yet not counting
us press towards political stability, mod
esty of pretention, and a firm reliance on
peaceful methods of promoting our true
grandeur as nation
REV THOMAS LAWRENCE, President
Normal and Collegiate Institute. Ashe-
Vile: I'VE should thank a gracious God,
who hath made and preserved US ma
ton for continued health, prevailing
peace. unexampled prosperity, for -four
ishing schools, prosperous churches, for
all that tends to make US as people
happy, intelligent. virtuous. united at
home, and honored abroad
MR.. J. ALLEN HOLT Principal of Oak
Ridge Academy: 20 give thanks unto the
Lord, for He is good, for His mercy en-
dureth forever Psalms evil, L.
HON. T. w. MASON, ex-Railroad Com
missioner. of Northampton: II wish that
our United States may ever be the home
Of liberty and Christianity.
REV. w. D. MORTON, Presbyterian
pastor at Rocky Mount: THE inestima-
Bile cause for thanksgiving is. the grace
of giving thanks, or best of all, o give
thanks unto the Lord for He is good: for
His mercy endureth forever Psalms
1861.
GILMORE WARD BRYANT, of Durham
Conservatory of Music: Rejoice for the
past, thankful for the present and hope
full for the future
COL d. WORTHINGTON, of Wilson:
"It is a good thing to give thanks unto
the Lord and to sing praises unto thy
name, Oh Most High, for the Lord is
my defense and my God is the rock Of
my refuge"
TASKER POLK, of Warrenton I'VE
too often attempt to pay debts of grati-
tude in the deprecated currency of empty
thanks. Let us change the currency Of
payment today, and offer to Him from
whom we receive ALL and to whom we
owe all, the genuine gold of a good deed
done in secret
PROF. JOSEPH KINSEY, of Wilson
College. 1--WE are thankful for the Bible
and government founded on it's teach
ings. We are thankful for country with
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