Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-31
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PRESIDENTS THANKSGIVING PRO-
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Once again the season Of the !.
= year has cogas when, In accord. =
1 : ar,ce with the custom OF our fore !:
:. fathers for generations past, the :.
: president appoints 4 day as an (.
!: especial occasion for all cur peo- i:
: pie TO give praise and thankshiv- i.
ing 20 Cod. ].
Dtfina the past year we have =
4. been free fron, famine, from pes y
!. thence, from war. We are al i.
!. peace with all the rest Of man 8
:. kind. Our natural resources are =
3 e least as great as those Of any :.
ether nation. We believe that In !.
= ability TO develop and take adyan- =
= tase Of these resources the aver i
= 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- $
I tunity for; free people TO de- 1.
! = sslop TO the fullest extent ain It's :
= 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 I.
I. be expected Of US in return. Into :.
our care ten talents have been ..
s entrusted ard we are to be par =
= donsd, neither If We squander =
:: and waste them, nor yet if We I.
hide them in napkin, for they 1.
!. must be fruitful in our hands. !.
Througliout the ages, at all times. :.
= and among ali peoples, prosperity !:
= has been fraught with danger 4.
= and il bei1ooves us to beseecf1 the :.
: Giser OF All Things that we may !.
I. not fall into the love OF ease and :.
luxury; that we. may not lose our !.
sense Of moral possibility; I:
= that We may not forget our duty i.
+ To- God and to our neighbor. :.
A great democracy like ours, =.
: democracy based upon principles I,
!. Of orderly liberty, can be perpetu- !.
! = ated only II il, the heart Of the =
= ordinary citizen there dWeIIs a: I.
= keen sense of righteousness and q
=. justice. We should earnestly =
= pray that this spirit Of righteous 1.
4 = ness and justice may grow ever i,
= greater in the hearts OF all Of ueS Il
4. and that our souls may be in 4;
4 Il clined ever more both toward the {,
virtues, that tell for gentleness q
and tenderness, for loving kind !:
4 r,sss and forbearanes, one Wist, q
Z. another, and toward those no less q
= necessary virtues that make for !:
q nianliness and rugged harditood, !.
: for without these qualities nei- !:
I: ther nation nor Individual can !:
I :. rise to the level of greatness. |;
Now therefore. /, T-i1eodore !:
= Roosevelt, president Of the Uni !:
/ = ted States do set apart Thurs !:
4 & day. the tWenty-eig nth day Of Mo- !;
& yenaber, as a day OF general ]:
ttlanks siving and prayer, and on !:
s that day ! recommend that peo-
:. pie shalt cease from their daily I:
4 work and, IN their homes or in !:
their churches, meet, devoutIy to !:
= thank the Almighty for the many (:
= and great blessings they have re- !;
csised IN the past, and 70 pray !:
4 4. that they may be given strength I
/ =. 50 TO arder their lives as TO de-
y serve continuation Of these 4
blessings III the future. i