Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-22
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Once again the season Of the 4:
e year has come when, In accord
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e fathers for generations past, the q
= president appoints day as an =
J: especial occasion for all cur PEG n
2 pie TO give praise and tiianksgis- y
!: ing to God. y
During the past year we have =
9 been free from famine, from pes
8 thence, from war. We are at i.
:: peace with all the rest Of man !:
1: kind. Our natura! resources are s
{. al least as great as those of any -
{. other nation. We believe that in 4,
= ability to develop and take advan- -
!: tage of these resources the aver
= 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- ~
tunfty for a free people to de- q
= veiop to the fullest extent all its !:
: powers Of body and Of mind, and :.
:. of that which, stands above both Z.
I: body and mind character.
= Much has been given US from =
& On High, and much will rightly !.
= be expected Of US in return. into I.
= our care ten talents have been =
I: entrusted and we are to be par Z.
q doned, neither if we squander =
= and waste them, nor yet If we q
!: hide them in napkin, for they =
{. must be fruitful in our hands. $
s Throughout the ages, at all times, =
and among all peoples. prosperity =
$ has been fraugnt with danger I:
!. and it behooves us to bessech the Z,
I. Giver of All Things that we may =
g not fall into the love of ease and s.
!: luxury; that we may not lose our = =
: sense of moral responsibility; q
:. that we may not forget cur duty :.
:. to God and to our neighbor.
- A great democracy like ours. =
| I: democracy based upon principles y
& of orderly liberty, can be perpetu- =
g. ated only If in the heart of the s.
!: ordinary citizen there dWelIs a =
!: keen sense of Righteousness and :.
: justice. We should earnestly e
: pray that this spirit of righteous :
: ness and justice may grow ever =
:. greater in the hearts of all of us :
i :. and that our souls may be in =
4 !: clined ever more both toward the =
4 :: virtues, that tell for sentieness Z
4 = and tenderness, for loving kind :
4 = ness and forbearance, one with I:
! : another, and toward those no less :
:. necessary virtues that make for !:
: noanlif1sss and rugged hardwood, I:
!, : for without these qualities nei- {
: : Their nation nor individual can I:
: = rise to the level of greatness. =:
8 Now, therefore, !, Theodore !:
= Roosevelt, president Of the Uni ::
:. ted States, do set apart Thurs ::
, j. day, the twenty-eighth day of No ::
| 70 ven1ber. as day of general :.
: {. thanksgiving and prayer, and on ::
:. that day recommend that peo- :
! pie shall cease from their daily y:
{. work and, in their homes or in I:
: their churches, meet, devouty TO :!
: thank the Almighty for the many ::
= and great blessings they have re- !:
!. ceived in the past, and to pray ::
= that they may be given strength ::
:. SO to order their lives as to de- :
J = serve a continuation of these ::
: : blessings in the future. 8