The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-29
DAY OF THANKSGIVING
NAMED BY PRESIDENT.

Washington, Oct. zo.-I leS1''eit
Roosevelt today issued his Thanks
giving proclamation. through the sec
retarv of state, naming the last
Thursday in November, the 2Sth.
The proclamation follows:
"Once again lie season Of the year
has come when, in accordance with
the custom Of our forefathers for
generations past. the president ap-
points a day as the especial occasion
for al. our people to give praise and
thanksgiving to God.
"Durln~ the past year we have been
free from famine. from peStllence,
from war. We are at peace with ali
the rest Of mankind. Our natural re-
sources are at least as great as those
Of anv ether nation. We believe that
in ability to develop and take advan-
tage of these resources the average
mall of this nation stands at least as
high as the average man Of any other
Nowhere else in the world Is there
such an opportunity for a free peo-
pie to develop to the fullest extent all
it's powers Of body, of mind and OF
that which stands above both body
and mind-charaeter.
"Much has been given us from on
high and much will rightly be expect
ed of us In return. Into our care the
ten talents have been entrusted; and
we are to be pardoned neither II we
souander and waste them; not yet II
we hide them in a napkin; for they
must be fruitful in our hands. Ever
throughout the ages, at all times and
among all peoples, prosperity has
been fraugbt with danger, and it be-
hooves US to beseech the Glver OF all
things that we may net TALL Into love
Of ease and of luxury; that we may
not lose our sense of moral response
hilitv; that we may not forget or
duty to God and to our neighbor.
IA great democracy like ours, a
democracy based upon the principles
of orderly liberty, can be perpetuated
only # in the heart of the ordinary
citizen there dwells keen sense OF
Righteousness and justice. We should
earnestly pray that this spirit OF
Righteousness and justice may grow
ever greater in the hearts Of all OF
Us and that our souls may be inclined
ever more both toward the virtues
that tell for eentleness and tender
ness. for loving kindness and fonbear-
ance one with another, and toward
those no less necessary vlrtues that
make our manliness and rugged
hardihood, for without these qualities
neither nation nor individual can rise
to the level Of greatness.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore
Roosevelt, President Of the United
States, do set apart Thursday the
2sth day of November, as a day OF
general Thanksgiving and prayer
and ON that day I recommend that the
people shall cease from their daily
work and, in their homes or m their
churches, meet devoutly to thank the
Almighty for the many and great
blessings they have received in the
past, and to pray that they may be
given the strength 50 to order their
lives as 10 desrve continuance OF
these blessings in the future.
"In witness whereof | have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United Safes to be affixed.
| tSeaD.
"Done at the city Of Washington
this twenty-fifth day Of October, in
the year cf Our Lord, one thousand
| nine hundred and seven, and of the
independence of the United States
the one hundred and thirty-second.
(SignedD "Theredore Roosevelt.
"By the President:
"Elihu Root,
"Secretary of State.''