Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-21
PRESIDENTS thank GIVING PRO.
cLANaATioN

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& Once again the season Of the +
e year has come when, In accord =
e ance with The custom OF our fore ~
= fathers for generations past, the =
!: president appoints day as AZ, =
8 especial occasion for all cur peo- =
= pie to give praise and thankssis i.
!. ing to God. =
During the past year we have =
& been free from famine, from pes
: thence, from war. We are at =
s peace with all the rest Of man =
/. Kind. Our natural resources are =,
& at least as great as those OF any =.
& other nation. We believe that IN Il.
!. ability to develop and take adyan- 'ss
taae Of these resources the aver III
!. age mar, 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- Il
!. tunity for 4 free people 70 de-
Il yeIop TO the fullest extent all Its 81
/: powers Of body and Of mind, and ~
Il. Of that which stands above both i.
!: body and mind character. s.
!. Much has been given us from, Il
= On High, and much will rightly 81
= be expected Of Us IN return. into IS
: our care teri talents have been e.
!: entrusted and we are 20 Sbc par IS
= doned, neither II we squander I.
4. and waste them, nor yet IL we ..
$. hide them In a napkin, for they ri
= must he fruitful In our hands. 81
= throughout the ages, tall times, 81
=. and among all peoples, prosperity
4. has been fraught with danger 8
:. and II behooves as to beseech the =
= Giver of All Things that we may u y
!. not fall into the love Of ease and =
!. luxury; that we may net lose our y
= sense Of moral responsibility; =
:. that we may not forget our duty s.
= to God and to our neishbor.
A great democracy ike ours, 4.
!. democracy based upon principles i:
= OF orderly liberty can BE perpetu- !:
!. ated only II in the heart Of the !.
= ordinary citizen there dWeIls 4 :.
;: keen sense Of righteousness and !.
!. justice. We should earnestly !.
= pray that this spirit Of righteous &
| = ness and Justice may grow ever :.
!. greater the hearts Of all Of us Z.
/. and that our souls may be in =
= ciined ever more both toward the :.
= virtues, that tell for gentIeness I.
8. and tenderness, for loving kind !.
ness and forbearance, one with Z.
- another, and toward those no less i,
i necessary virtues that make for I:
<. rnanIiness and rugged hardwood, 8.
= for without these quafitiis nei- !. !:
!. tfler nation nor Individual can =
] :. rise to ting ,nasl Of sreatness.
/ Now, T'i1eOdore 4:
s. Roosevelt, president Of the Uni =
4 i. ted States, do set apart Thurs ].
\ : day, the twenty ighth day of Mo- 4: =
e ver,nber, as day OF general 4
l* Thanksgiving and prayer, and OF, s
= that day ! recommend that peo- 4
n : pie shall cease from their daily 4
\ work and, In their homes or III 4
4 I. their churches, meet, devoutly to i
! I. thank the Almighty for the many Z:
d !. and great blessings they have re- 1:
= ceiyed Ia the past, and to pray *
!: that they may be given strength Z
!: so 70 order their lives as to de- 4
4. = serve a continuation Of these 4
4 = blessings in the future. I:
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