Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-03
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Once again the season of the !.
y year has come when, in accord :.
g ance with the custom Of our fore !.
fathers for generations past, the !.
= EFSsident appoints day as an !.
especial occasion for all cur peo- !.
q Pile to give praise and thankssiv- !.
- ing to God. # !:
Curing the past year we have !.
q been free fron famine, from pes :
thence. from war. We are at Z.
peace with all the rest OF man I:
= SsSnsi. Our natura! resources are 8
e ~ beast as great as those of any !:
4. other naticn. We believe that in :.
I. abl'fty to develop and take advan- =
= faqe OF these resources the aver !.
age man of this nation stands at :.
q feast as high as the average man !.
- at any ether. Nowhere else in !.
= tire world Is there such an oppor- :.
= tunity for a free people to de- !:
= sclop to the fullest extent all its !:
y possers OF body and Of mind, and :.
of that which stands above both :.
body and nind--character. =
= Much has been given US from :.
:. On High, and n1ucF, will rightly !:
- kse expected of us in return. into :.
our care ten talents have been 4.
- entrusted and we are to be par =
/ - cinnsd. neither il we squander !.
- and waste them, nor yet If we Z.
r. hide them in napkin, for they =
- rHuss be fruitful in cur hands. 4.
Throughout the ages, at all times, :.
- and among all peoples, prosperity I:
. has been fraught with danger :
- snd it behooves us to beseecha the s
4. Gawer Of All Things that we may i:
= NOT fall into the love Of ease and :.
= iu,esrys that we may not lose our =
= sezase Of moral responsibility; !:
tfsat sNe may not forget our duty :.
= 10 God and to our neiahhor. :.
a great democracy like ours, a !:
= democracy based upon principles I:
= Of orderly liberty, can be perpetu- .
afed only II IN the heart of the !.
= ordinary citizen there dMels I.
g ksesl sense OF Righteousness and !:
s 5ustsGe- We should earnestly !:
% pvay that this spirit Of righteous i
nsss End justice may grow ever I:
e greater in the hearts of all OF us !:
assd that our souls may be in !:
= cfined ever more boil, toward the I:
= Virtues, that tell for gentIeness !:
- and 9essderness, for loving kind :
saess and Horbearance, one with !:
- aaUfsler, and toward those no less !:
p necessary virtues that make for !!
e rssasssTness and rugged hardihood, !.
= fur withcast these qualities nei- !.
- fiseF nation nor Individual can I:
1 y rise TO the level Of greatness. !:
y NOM, therefore, 1, Theodore I
- RnnsEveIt, president Of the Uni 1
= ted States, do set apart Thurs !;
y day the tWenty-eiahth day Of No !.
q seszasser, as a day of general 4
p Thanksgiving and prayer, and on 4
that day ! recommend that peo- I
= pse shall cease from their daily I
e Hork and, in their homes or in I
IiaeIt churches, meet, devoutiy 10 (
thank the Almighty for the many .
= and great blessings they have re- I.
- esaved IN The past, and 10 pray .
i p that they may be given strength 1
I. r SO 10 order their lives as to de- 1
$54 e serve 4 continuation of these .
4 blessings In the future. .