Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-20
PRESIDENTS TIL ANs<sG q PRO.
cLAMATIoN

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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 !. /
s president appoints 4 day as an :.
especial occasion for all cur peo- !.
/. pie TO give praise and thanksgIv !,
: ing to God. /;
During the past year we have =
8 been free from famine, from pes $
& thence, from war. We are at /.
" peace with all the rest Of man /.
: Kind. Our natural resources are
at least as great as those OF any !. !.
4 other nation. We believe that In q
: ability TO develop and take advan- !.
: tage OF these resources the aver
!. age man Of this nation stands at I.
!. least as high as the average man =:
: of any other. Nowhere else In
!: the world is there such an oppor- Z:
!. tunity for free people to de- s.
!. velop to the fullest extent ali its :.
: powers Of body and of raind, and :.
!. Of that which stands above both !,
!. body and mind character.
Much has been given us from I;
: On High, and much will rightly 8
: be expected Of US II, return. Into !,
Z. our care ten talents have been =
: entrusted and we are to be par (.
!: doned, neither II. we squander !.
and waste them, nor Yet If we Z.
1. hide them IN a napkin, for they 81 3
i: must be fruitful in our hands. !.
. Througirous the ages, at all times, {:
s and among all peoples, prosperity =
s has been fraugEst with danger =
: and It bef,ooves US TO beseech the 4.
| :: Giyer Of All Things that we may =
= not fall into the love Of ease and =
luxury; that we may not lose our =
: sense Of moral esponsibility; 1:
. that we may not forget our duty :
& TO God and To- our neighbor. =
"a great democracy like ours. a 8
! s democracy based upon principles :.
Of orderly liberty, can be perpetu- = ::
4 !. ated only if lin the heart of the =
/ !. ordinary citizen there dWeIls a !: :.
i s keen sense Of righteousness and s
4 : Justice. We should earnestly =
1 !: pray that this spirit Of righteous :
!. ness and Justice may grow ever !: :
greater in the hearts Of all Of US :.
4 !. and that our souls may be in 4
!. ciined ever more both toward the =
=. virtues, that tell for gentleness :
4. and tenderness, for loving kind :
i !: ness and forbe arance, one with I:
i . another, and toward those no less :
!: necessary virtues that make for :
Il !: ialaniiness and rugged E1ardfhood, =
= for without these qualities nei- !:
=: ti,er nation nor Individual can I:
i =: rise TO the level Of greatness.
d Now, therefore, |, Theodore I:
q = Roosevelt, president of the Uni :
]: ted States, do set apart Thurs /. !:
/: day, the tWenty-e nth day Of No ]:
E. q venber, as a day of general I:
!: thanksgiving and prayer, and on :
d : that day ! reconne end THAT peo- !:
8 I. pie shall cease from their daily !
q I. work and, IN their homes or Ill I:
81 = their churches meet, devoutly to 4.
q !. thank the Almighty for the many !:
/. = and great blessings they have re- I:
4 ceised in the past, and 70 pray 4:
1. I: that they may be given strength !:
"A SO TO order their lives as to de- !:
serve continuation Of these !:
= blessings III the future.