The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-11-09
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
President Sets Apart Thursday Nov.
"a, to Be Observed by All the
People

People.
BY the President Of the United
States of America
A PROCLAMATION
1t has pleased Almighty God to bring
the American people in safety and
honor through another year, and in ac.
cordance with the long unbroken Gus.
tom handed down to us by our forefath.
ers, the time has come when a special
day shall be set apart in which to
thank him who holds all nations in
he hollow of his hand for the mercies
thus vouchsafed to us. During the
century and a quarter of our national
life we as people have been blessed
beyond all others, and for this we owe
humble and heartfelt thanks to the
author of all blessings.
The year that has closed has heen
One Of peace within our borders as
well as between us and all other ma
tiuns. The harvests have been abund
ant, and those who work, whether with
hand or BRAIN are prospering greatly.
Reward has waited upon honest effort.
We have been enabled to do our duty
to ourselves and to others. Never has
charitable effort has been more evi.
dent. 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 vainglory, 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
tasks allotted to us as they severally
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 unending struggle
10 do our duty fearlessly and honestly
with charity and good will, with re.
spect for ourselves and love towards
cur fellow men.
In this great republic the effort to
combine national strength with per.
sonal freedom is being tried on a scale
more gigantic than 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 in our land
should feel the grave responsibility
resting upon him or her, for in the last
analysis this success must depend
upcn 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, I, Theodore Roose.
velt president of the United States, do
hereby appoint and set apart Thurs.
day, the twenty-fourth Of this Novem.
Der, to be observed as a day of festival
and thanksgiving by all the people of
the United States at home or abroad,
and do recommend that on that day
they cease from their ordinary occu-
pations 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 a ma
tion. and to beseech Him that in the
future His divine favor may be con-
tinued to us.
in witness whereof, 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 independence of
the United States the one hundred and
twenty-ninth.
Theodore Roosevelt