The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-05
THANKSGIVING DAY.

E ' President Rooseyelt's Proclamation.
 The Presidents Thanksgiving day proclamation follows: By the President of the United States
 of America
 A PROCLAMATION.
 It has pleased Almighty God to bring the American people in safety and honor through another year and, in accordance with the long unbroken custom handed down to us by our fore fathers the time has come when a spec ial day shall be set apart in which to thank Him who holds all nations in the hollow of His hand for the mercies l thus vouchsafed to us. During the century and quarter of our national I lIfo we as a people have been blessed beyond all others and for this we owe humble and heartfelt thanks to the au- | thor 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 no- tions. The harvests have been abun- dant and those who work whether with hand or brain, are prospering greatly. Reward has waited upon hon ! est effort. We have been enabled to do our duty to ourselves and others. I Never has there been q time when reli- gious and charitable effort has been more evident. Much has been given to us and much will be expected from us,
 We speak of what has been done by this nation in no spirit of boastfulness or vain glory, but with full and rever- ent 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 l tasks alloteed to us as they severely 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 intending strug- gles to do our duty fearlessly and hon. estly, with charity and good will with respect for ourselves and love to our l fellownlen.
 l In this great republic the efforts to combine national strength with person- l al freedom is being tried on scale more gigantic than ever before in the worlds history. Our success will mean much not only for ourselves but for the 1 future Of all mankind; and every man ! VI lti#Oul ieIllu SllOulu I1eI the grave responsibility resting upon him or her, for in the last analysis this success must depend upon the high av- craze of our individual citizenship upon the way in which each of us does his duty by himself and his neighbor Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose- welt, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 24th day of this Noyem- Der, to be observed as day of festival and thanksgiving by, all tre people of the United States at home or abroad, and do recommend that on that day1 they cease from their ordinary occupa- tions and gather in their several places of worship or in their homes, devoutly to give thanks unto Almighty God for the benefits He has conferred upon us as individuals and as u nation, and to beseech Him that in the future His di- vine favor may be continued to us.
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal Of the United 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 indepenence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth
 By the President,
 John Hay, Secretary of State.