Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-06
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Once; again the season Of. the Z.
= year has come when, In accord -
=. anes With the custom Of our fore !.
fathers for generations past, the I.
!: president appoints a day as an !.
!: especial occasion for all cur PEG !.
= pie 70 give praise and thankssis- /.
= ing to God.
During the past year we have !.
g been free from famine from pes =
!: thence, from war. We are at =
!: peace with all sthe rest ofstnan- I.
I: kind. Our natural resources are 1.
{ at least as great as those Of any I.
{ other nation. We believe that in =
: ability to develop and take advan- !.
: tase Of these resources the aver. !.
I: age man Of this nation stands At I,
!: least as high as the average man !:
: Of any other. Nowhere else in =
the world Is there such an oppor- !.
= tunity for free people to de- l.
: veiop to the fullest extent all it's =
= powers Of body and Of mind, and !.
!: OF that which stands above both =
!: body and mrind--charaeter. ]:
: Much has been given US from ).
:. On Hish, and much win rightly :
: be expected Of US il return. Into :.
: our care ten talents have beer I.
: entrusted and we, are. to be, par. 1.
:: doned, neither if we squander Z.
:: and waste them, nor yet If we !:
Z. hide them in q napkin, for. they !.
I. must be fruitful in our hands. !.
: Throughout the ages, at all times, ::
:; and among all peoples, prosperity !:
8 has been fraught with danger :.
:. and It behooves US to beseeeh the :.
!. Giver Of All Things that we, may :.
!: not fall into the love Of ease and :.
:. luxury; that we may not lose our :.
: sense of moral responsibility; {:
: that we may not forget our duty !.
: to God and to our neighbor. !:
: "A great democracy like ours, :.
: democracy based upon. principles =;
: of orderly liberty, can be perpetu-- !:
= ated only if in, the heart of the !:
= ordinary citizen there dweIIs :.
: keen sense of righteousness and :.
: justice. We should earnestly i.
!: pray that this spirit. of righteous !.
: ness and justice may grow ever :.
). greater in the hearts of all of us :.
= and that our souls may be in :.
:. clined, ever more both toward the =
:. virtues, that tell for gentleness )
: and tenderness, fors.ioying kind :.
: ness, and forbearance, one with =
: another, and toward those no less :.
- necessary virtues that make for :.
= naanlinsss and rugged hardihood, :.
!: for without these qualities nei- !;
: thsr nation nor individual can 8
= rise, to the Ieyel of greatness. g.
=, Now, therefore, |, Theodore $
:: Roosevelt, president of the Uni !.
= ted States, do set apart Thurs <:
= day, the tWenty-eishth day of No. !.
70 vember, as day of general 4
= Thanksgiving and prayer, and on :.
: that day | recommend that peo- !.
= Pile shall cease from their daily. s.
8 work and, in their homes or in !,
{: their churches, meet, devoutIy to !.
: thank the Almighty for the many :
!: and great blessings they have re- :.
: eeived in the past, and to pray !.
= that they may be given strength :.
= so to order their lives as to de- :
: serve . ID. continuation OF these :.
!" blessings tn the future. =
:: So =: So 49, -: !: = : Z: