The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-11-10
THANKSGIVING DAY NOV. "a
President Roosevelt, Issues His An
nual Proclamation.


nual Proclamation.
President Roosevelt Tues iav issued
the following proclamation designat-
ing the twenty-fourth instant as a
day of Thanksgiving and PRAYER:
By the President Of tie United
States IF Americd. 4 proclamation:
1t has pleased Almighty God to
bring the American people in safety
honor through another year, and, in
accordance with the long unbroken
custom handed down to us by our
forefathers, the time has come a spe-
cial day shall be set apart in which to
thank Him who holds all nations in
the hollow of his hand for the mercies
thus vouchsafed to us. During the
century and quarter of our nation
al life we as people have been bless
ed beyond all others, and for this we
owe humble and heartfelt thanks to
the Author of all blessings. The
year that has closed has been one of
peace within our own borders as well
as between us and all other nations.
The harvests have been abundant
and those who work, whether with
hand or brain, are prospecting greatly.
Reward has waited upon honest
effort. We have been enabled TO do
our duty to ourselves and to others.
Never has there been a time when
religious and charitable effort has
been more evident. Much has been
given to us and much will be expect
ed from us. We speak what has been
done by this nation iii no spirit of
boastfulness or vainglory, but with
full and reverent realization that our
strength is as nothing unless we are
helped from above. Hitherto we
have been given the heart and the
strength to do the tasks allotted to
us as they seyerallv arose.
We are thankful for all that has
been done for us in the past, and we
pray that in the future we may be
strengthened in the amending strug-
gle to do our duty fearlessly and hon
estly, with charity and goodwill, with
respect for ourselves and with love to-
ward our fellow-men. In this great
Republic the effort to combine ma
tiOnal strength with personal freedom
is being tried on a scale moe gigan-
tic than ever before in the whole
worlds history. Our success will
mean much not only for ourselves,
but for the future of all mankind;
and every man or woman in our land
should feel the grave responsibility
resting upon him or her, for in the
last analysis this success must depend
upon the high average of our individ-
ual citizenship, upon the way in
which each Of us does his duty by
himself and his neighbor.
Now, therefore, |, Theodore Roose-
welt, President of the United States,
do hereby appoint and set apart
Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of
this November, to be observed as a
day of festival and Thanksgiving by
all the people of the United States at
home and abroad, and do recommend
that on that day they cease from
their ordinary occupations and gather
in their several places of worship or
INF their homes, devoutly to give
thanks unto Almighty God for the
benefits he has conferred upon us as
individuals and as a nation, and so
beseech Him that in the future His
Divine favor may be continue to us.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed. =
sIDone at the city of Washington this
first day of November, in the year of
ourILord one thousand nine hundred
and four and of the independence rof
the United States the one hundred
and twentY-ninth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Bv the President
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.