The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-05
Thanksgiving
DAY Proclaimed
President Roosevelt Designatei
Thursday, November "a, as a
Day of Thanksgiving.
REcOUNTS BLESSINGS OF YEAR
FOR WHICH OUR THANKS ARE due
Peace Has Prevailed Within On,
Borders, Our Harvests lave Beer
Abundant, and Those Who Work
Whether With Hand or Brain, Arc
Prospecting.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The presiden
has issued the Thanksgiving procla
nation, setting aside Thursday, No
vember "a, Ito be observed as a day O
festival and thanksgiving by all tn
people of the United States, at HON,
and abroad
The proclamation follows:
"By the President of the United States
A proclamation:
1T has pleased Almighty God to brin,
the American people in safety and homo
through another year, and in accordanc,
with the long, unbroken custom handed
down to us by our forefathers, the tim.
has come when a special day shall be Sc
apart in which to thank HIm who hold,
all nations in the hollow of His ham
for the mercieS thus Vouchsafed to us.
During the century and a quarters O.
our national life we, as a people, have
been blessed beyond all others, and fol
this we owe humble and heartfelt thank.
10 the author of all blessings. The yeaI
that has closed has been one of peace
within our own borders, as well as be.
tween us and all other nations. The
harVests have been abundant, and those
who work, whether with hand or brain
are prospecting greatly.
Reward has awaited upon honest eff.
fort. We have been enabled to do our
duty to ourselves and to others. Never
has there been a time when religious anc
charitable effort has been more evident.
Much has been given to us and much will.
has been done by this nation in no spirit
of boastfulness or Vainglory, but with
full and reverent realization that ouI
strength is as nothing unless we are
helped from above. Hitherto we have
been given the heartiest strength to dc
the tasks allotted to us as they s~everally
arose. We are thankful for all that has
been done for us in the past, and We
yra 1hnf in tho f1fIIrn Ua NAV hG
strengthened in the amending struggle to
do our duty fearleSSly and honestly, with
charity and good VIII, with respect for
ourselves and with owe toward our fell
In this great republic the effort to
combine national strength with persona!
freedom is being tried on a scale more
gigantic tina ever before in the worlds
history. Our success Will mean much,
NOT only for ourselves, but for the future
of all mankind, and every man or woman
i'm our land should feel the grave re-
sponsihility resting upon him or her, for
in the last analysis this success must de-
pend upon the high average Of our indi-
vidual citizenship, upon the way in which
each of us does his duty by hlmSeI1 ana
his %neighbor.
Now, therefore. I, Theodore Roosevelt.
president of the United States, do hereby
twwenty-fourth day of his November, to
be observed as a day of festival and
thanksgiving by all the people of the
United States at home or abroad, ana
do recommend that on that day they
cease from their ordinary occupations
and gather in their several places of wor-
ship or in their homes. devoutly to give
INTO Almighty God for the ben
He has conferred upon us as in
an as a nation, and to be-
seech Him hat in the future His divine
may be continued to us.
In witness whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
first day of November. in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and four and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred and
tw~enty-ninth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
'Rv the President,
,S;gnedl JOHN HAY,
Secretary of State"