Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-04
ANksoivtna PROCLAMATION

date set fer Thanksgiving day
~ Heslursday, November 26. The
~ dent issued his annual Thanks
wing proclamation Saturday, in
I bich he points cut the steady erowt
the nation IN strength, worldly
er and population, and that our
Ase Individual comfort and well
10 is higher than that of any other
6untry In the world For this rea-
IA Eli. he declares that Americans owe
TO tn Almighty God to show equal
sl ogress in moral and spiritual thing.
ahe proclamation follows:
I "Once again the season is at hand
Hhen, according to the ancient GUS
4 h of our people it becomes the
~ of the president TO appoint &
10y Of prayer and of Thanksgiving to
sed.
Year by year this nation sre VS. u
Gength and worldly power. During
q Sa century and quarter that mas
lapsed since our entry into the cir
Of Independent peoples we have
Nn and prospered in materiss
gs t. a degree never known be,
IND not now known in any other
nv.
thirtsea colonies which strug-
png the seacotst CT the AT
LIND were henmed iii but few
,w,.st of tidewater by the Indian
United wilderness have been trans
Nned into the mightiest republic
(ch the world has ever seem It's
% sfllains stretch across the continent
Il I'M one to the other of the Two
&aatest oceans, and it exercises 90
II snion alike in the the arctic and
Apic realms. The growth In wealtl
Ia population has surpassed even
Il W growth IN territory. Nowhere eiss
Z She world is the average OF ind'
comfort and material well be
aE,high as in our fortunate land
II the reason that in maternal
si:eFsll being we have thus aboundeo
A owe he Almighty to show equal
('ogress in moral and spiritual things
nth a nation, as within the individ-
ais who make up notion. materiai
& R being is an indispensable founda
NJ But the foundation avails moth
itself. That life is wasted ano
y 9,rse than wasted which is spent II
ling, heap on heap. those Things
" hitch minister merely to the pleasur
the body and to the power thai
KITS only on wealth.
Upon material well being as {.
sndation must be raised the struc-
OF the lofty lHs of the spiri'
j &ais nation is properly to fulfill its
d pat mission and to accomplish ali
III lat we SO ardently hope and desire
9e things of the body are good; TIN
y Hngs of the intellect better; I'll
I hi Of all are the things of the soul;
/ y in the nation as in the Incl IL
in the long run it is character
I Fat counts.
ESst us therefore as people set
& faces resolutely against evil ane
broad charity, with kindlines
good will toward all men, hui
sh unflinching determination tic
Atte down wrong strive with al,
strength that is given us foi
& teousness in public and private
Now, therefore, l, Theodore Roose
\ Ut, president Of the United States
b sset apart Thursday, the 26th day
November next as day of genera
Il "a ksgiving and prayer and on thai
sJ Srecommend that the people sha
- from their daily work, and II
& Fir homes or in their churches NEE
i voutly to thank the Almighty fol
| many and great blessings the,
l We received in the past and to pra,
1T they may be given strength sc
I order their livs as to deserve {
Atinuation of these blessings in thu
1ire. Theodore Roosevelt"