Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-10
NOVEMBER rs
IS The DAY
THANKSGIVING DAY SET BY THE
PRESIDENT-ASKS THE Ma
TON TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY
ON THAT DATE.

dent last Saturday issued the an
nual Thanksgiving proclamation. in
which he pointed out the steady
growth Of the nation in strength,
worldly power, wealth and popula-
ton, and that our average individ-
ual comfort and we'll being is high
err than that Of any other country in
the world. For this. he declares,
Americans owe it to the Almighty
to show equal progress in moral and
spiritual things. The proclamation
fellows:
Once again the season is at
hand when. according to the ancient
custom of our people, it becomes the
duty OF the president to appoint =
day of prayer and Of thanksgiving
to God.
Year by year this nation grows
In strength and world power Dur
ing the century and quarter that
has elapsed since our entry into the
circle of Independent peoples we
have grown and prcspered in mate
rial things to a degree never nown
before and not rcw known in any
other coutry
From Colonies to Power.
"The thirteen colonies which
struggled along the seacoast OF the
Atlantic and were hemmed in but
a few miles west of tidewater by
the Indian-haunted wilderness. have
been transformed into the mightiest
republic which the world has ever
seen. It's domains stretch across the
continent from one to the other of
the two greatest oceans, and 1t ex-
ercises dominion alike in the Arctic
and tropic realms. The growth in
wealth and population has surpass-
ed even the growth in territory. No
where else in the world is the aver
age of individual comfort and ma
terial we'll being as high as in our
fortunate land.
For the reason that in material
well being we have thus abounded
we owe to the Almighty to show
equal progress in moral and spirit
ual things. With nation, as with
the individuals who make up a ma
ton, material we'll being is an indis-
pc nsable foundation. But the foun-
dalton avails nothing by itself. That
life Is wasted and worse than wasted
which Is spent In piling. heap on
heap, those things which minister
merely to the pleasure of the body
and to the power that rests only on
wealth.
Upon material we'll being as o
foundation must be raised the struc-
ture Of the lofty life of the spirit II
this nation IL properly to fulfill its
great mission and to accomplish all
that we SO ardently hope and desire.
The things of the body are good:
the things OF the intellect better;
but best Of all the things of the soul,
for In the nation as in the individ-
ual, In the long run. 1t Is character
that counts.
Urges War Upon All Evil.
Let US therefore as a people set
Wi laws iCcOiutCiy o6dluSl CIVIL duU
with broad charity. with kindness
and good will toward all men, with
uIfiinching determination to smite
down wrong, strive with all the
strength that is given us for right.
eousness In public and In private
lis.
Nov. therefore, l, Theodore
Roosevelt. president of the United
States. do set apart Thursday. the
26th day of November. as day of
general thanksgiving and prayer.
and on that day l recommend that
the people shall cease from their
daily work, and in their homes or In
their churches meet devoutly 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 80 to
order their lives as to deserve a cen
t!nuation Of those blessings in the
future.