Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-27
PRESIDENT
ISSUES HIS
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION

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1 Washington, D. C..,, Oct. 26.--Presi-
dens Rooseveqt's Thanksgiving procla-
NATION, issued today, follows: N
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| : Once again the season Of the !:
!: year has come when, IN accord :.
!. ance with the custom Of our fore :.
: fathers for generations past, the :.
!: president appoints a day as an :
: especial occasion for all cur peo- :. :.
:. pie to give praise and thanksgiv- :
| = ing to God. yfs Il
!. During the past year we have
:. been free from famine, from pes !.
: thence, from war. We are at :
] (: peace with all the rest Of man :
I. kind. Our natura! resources are !.
= at least as great as those of any :
= other nation. We believe that in :
I. ability to develop and take advan- :
1. tage of these resources the aver :
s age man of this nation stands at :
: 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- =
= velop to the fullest extent all its :
= powers of body and of mind, and :
:. of that which stands above both :
: body and mind--character. :.
- Much has been given US from :
!: On High, and much will rightly :
:. be expected of US in return. into :,
: our care ten talents have been i
: entrusted and we are to be par I:
| : doned, neither If we squander =
: and waste them, nor yet If we 8
= hide them in a napkin, for they :
: must be fruitful in our hands. :.
: Throughout the ages, at all times, =
: and among all peoples, prosperity :
: has been fraught with danger =
!: and It behooves us to beseech 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; I:
= that we may not forget our duty =
= to God and to our neighbor. !.
: A great democracy like ours, a =
= democracy based upon principles :
= Of orderly liberty can be perpetu- !.
= ated only IT IN the heart Of the Z.
: ordinary citizen there dsAelIs =
= keen sense of righteousness and :
= justice. We should earnestly :
$ pray that this spirit OF righteous :
Z. ness and justice may grow ever :
4. greater in the heart of all Of us !.
= and that our souls may be in :.
= clined ever more both toward the =
: virtues, that full OF gentleness :
!. and tenderness, for loving kind !:
1. ness and forbearance, one with =
!. another, and toward those no less =
:. necessary virtues that make for I.
!. nnanliness and rugged hardwood, :.
!. for without these qualities nei- :.
:. ther nation nor individual can s.
:. rise to the level of greatness. :.
II Now, therefore, |. Theodore :.
!: Roosevelt, president Of the Uni =
= ted States, do set apart Thurs !.
: day the tWenty-eishth day Of Mo- :: =
= vember, as a day of general :
I: Thanksgiving and prayer, and on $
: that day recommend that peo-5 :
: pie shall cease from their daily =
=. work and, in their homes or In :
I: their churches, meet devoutiy to I.
I I: thank the Almighty for the many !.
:. and great blessings they have re !:
- ceiyed in the past, and 20 pray !.
!: that they may be given strength !:
= soto order their lives as to de- =
] :. serve continuation Of these !:
1 I: blessings IN the future. =
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