The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-11-01
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAIMED
o.,s;deot Roosevelt Names the
18th OF November.
1|Mt. HONORtD EVENT
A,o Due yor u Year Free from
' s..,,oo pe,,iIeace and War; For
Prosperity snd Progress.

o.,,dsnt Roosevelt has issued his
n,nLsOiying proclamation. through
, .ocretary Of state, naming the last
nursda, in November the 2S'h' inc
Exclamation follows
"once again the season Of the year
i, come when in accordance with the
.,,om Of our forcfathers for genera
t0o, past the president appointsa day
a. bp especial occasion of all our peo-
!, to give praise and thanksgiving to
God.
During the past year we have been
i,p from famine, from peStilence,
i,,m war, We are at peace with all
No rest of mankind. Our natural re-
v,rees are at least as great as those
aanv other nation. We believe that
inability to develop and take advantage
dthese resources the average man Of
m, nation stands at least as high as
he average man of any other. No
shpre else in the whole world is there
mch an opportunity for a free people
Ndeyeop to the fullest extent, all its
powers Of body. of mind and Of that
which stands above both boty and mind
character.
Much has been given us from on
ish and much will rightly be expected
| inm US in return. Into our care the
ten talents have been entrusted; and
ware to be pardoned neither If we
Slander and waste them nor yet II
Nhide them in a napkin; for they
must be fruitful in our hands. Ever
hnughout the ages, at all times and
irOng all peoples, prosperity has been
taught with danger, and it behooves
UtO beseech the Giver of all things
that We may not fall into love of ease
nd Of luxury; that we may not lose
our sense of moral responsibility; that
Wmay not forget our duty to God and
aOur neighbor.
Agreat democracy like ours. dem
Saey based upon the principles Of or
e'y liberty, can be perpetuated only
ln the heart Of the ordinary citizen
nere dwells keen sense of righteous
ness and justice We should earnestly
pay that this spirit of righteousness
40 justice may grow ever greater in
Henearts OF all of Us and that our
Sis may be inclined evermOre both
@Sard the virtue that tell for gentle.
'vS and tenderness, for loving kind
Ass and fOrbearance one with another
'a'oward those no less necessary vir-
veg that make oar manliness and rug,
go hardihood, for without these quail
S neither nation nor individual can
He to the level of greatness.
NOW therefore, /, Theodore Roose-
WV president OF the United States,
"S' apart Thursday. the 18th day of
.S.emoer, as a day Of general thanks
""'s and prayer, and on that day !
NO''nend that the people shall cease
"'"' helr daily work and, in their
v"'es or IN their churches meet de-
u'e'y TO thank the Almighty for the
aod great blessings they have re-
S "N IN the past, and to pray that
wy, ~ may be given the strength so to
%uer their lives as to deserve a con-
S, s'''on OF these blessings in the fu-
"w'tness whereof | have hereunto
nI."y nand and caused the seal of the
M "'u states to be affixed. (Seal.)
v. at the city of Washington this
A "V,"lth day Of October, in the year
,,s W. Lord' one thousand nine hundred
d. 1 I.sen, and of the independence of
thirty second. WV '"' "''' '
"p s"ed') THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "
or. ny the president:
T"o ROOT. Secretary of State