The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-13
QUOTES FROM BRYAN
Proclamation One of Longest Ever Is- sued by an Arkansas Governor,
 and Refers to Influence of "The
 Light of Christian Civilization"

Following the annual custom of call
 ing attention to the observance of the
 last Thursda, in November as a day
 for general thanksgiving, Governor
 Pindall issued formal proclamation
 designating Thursday, November 26,
 as the day upon which all citizens
 should join in thanksgiving for the
 many blessings of the past year He
 assigns many reasons for being thank ful, and quotes pertinently from Bry-
 ans beautiful Prince of Peace" The proclamation, in full, is as fol lows:
 Proclamation by the Governor 6es- ignating Thanksgiving Day.
 The time of the year approaches when beautiful recurring annual
 custom will again be present. The President of the United States has, by proclamation, directed that Thurs day, the 26th day of November, 1908, l be fttingly observed throughout the | nation as Thanksgiving Day. There fore in keeping with this custom and | in consonance with this action of the | President, 1, X. o. Pindall, as gover- | nor, by virtue of the authority of the | laws of Arkansas and the influence of l the custom mentioned, do also desig- | nate and appoint the above date ana time for fitting observance by Arkan- sas inhabitants.
 We have cause to be thankful for | so much that only in generalities may | the reason for thanksgiving be indi- cated Above and beyond and more l than for all other reasons we should
 be thankful for Christian civilization. | For the fact of Christianity and for
 belief in Christ. There is more | satisfaction and happiness derived than can be approached by the pos
 session of the entire combination of
 all other blessing. The fact of Chris
 tianity is established not by miracles, | by mystery or by theory, but simply | by an appeal to the human heart, and
 conscience, it is the sweetest, softest
 and most consolirg thought of all en- | frightened citizens. As has been said 1 by one in his Prince of Peace" bor-
 rowing the thought of another, "One
 can not contemplate this undisputed l fact without feeling in some way this
 fact is related to those now living
 and that when "one reads that Christ lived and how He died he feels that some how there is chord that stretches from that life to His" We
 should be thankful that our enlight- | ened Christian civilization is broad
 ening and expanding human thought and directing human activity into | fields of such broad possibilities of ac- complishment that the word impos-
 sible seems scarcely to possess any | longer definite significance.
 | We should be thankful that in the l past this Christian civilization has in | spired and pointed out so many moral | and intellectual accomplishments. We l should be thankful that this Chris.
 tian civilization has made possible | the anticipation of so many broad
 and far-reaching material accomplish | ments affecting so nearly and so great | ly our nation, our Southerland and our immediate section. We should be | thankful that lawlessness, anarchy, despotism and hatred are so rapidly | fading and melting before the light of our Christian civilization, and that dissension and disputes are becoming fewer and less frequent, and that a broader friendship and brotherly love prevails today than ever before in the
 worlds history.
 Therefore, to fittingly observe this
 eminently proper custom of giving thanks for these and all other bless ings to the Omnipotent God of all the | universe on the day designated here in, let all unusual avocations be sus- | pended and put aside, that our people everywhere may meet in the proper
 places and in the spirit of true Chris tianity render to the Father our thanks from the fullness of all our | hearts, for his protection in the past and the blessings of the present and | for what the future may hold in store
 In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed hereto the great seal of the State of I Arkansas, in the executive chamber, city of Little Rock, on this the 7th day of November, 1908.
 X o. PINDALL, Governor O. c. LUDWIG,