St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-11-11
,,,,ssgiving Day, November Is

[,,,tsgiying Day, November Is.
Poo,svelt Issues His Annual
f'"'' PROCLAMATION.
4 81. President has issued the annual
stsoiving day proclamation as
\ ~. tbe President of the United States.
" " reclamation.
AGAIN the season is at hand
Vn' esccaTdmg to the ancient custom
nen, a aoonle If becomes the duty of the
GU lliot to appoint a day of prayer and
i'sssus st5 to God. Year by year
lna naton grows in strength and
s n, MOVE oower During the century and
au n;ta = that has elapsed since our
VA n iato the circle of independent
E9 ~. we have grown and prospered
Fop, n,e,iol things to a degree never
ula NOV before and not now known in
pow otber country. The thirteen colo
U pb;cb struggled along the seacoast
~" Atlantic and were hemmed in but
n niles west of tidewater by the
G Eoa haunted wilderness, have been
ua,armed into the mightiest republic
s"b the world has ever seen. Its do
ias Stretch across the continent from
. a't the other Of the two greatest
. N and it exercises dominion alike
tbs Arctic and tropic realms. The
auth in wealth and population has
. s even the growth in territory.
|nrbere else in the world is the average
E;"d;vidual comfort and material we'll
.,aa as high as in our fortunate land.
|@For the very reason that in material
| II beiog we have thus abounded, we
|rs f to the Almighty to show equal
Imcress in moral and spiritual things.
XII a nation. as with the individuals
Ibo make up a nation, material we'll
Loc is an Indispensable foundation,
|rt the foundation avails nothing by
I'm That life is wasted and worse
|an wasted which is spent in piling,
Nan upon heap, those things which
[irster merely to the pleasure of the
IIy and to the power which rests only
|ao wealth Upon material well-being
|, a foundation must be raised the
|ucture Of the lofty life of the spirit if
bis nation is properly to fulfil its great
Mission and to accomplish all that we SO
|dently hope and desire. The things OF
Ne BODY are good; the things of the
| elect better, but best of all are the
|brgs of the soul, for in the nation as in
he individual, IN the long run it is
'taracter that counts. Let us therefore,
l a people set our faces resolutely
ganst evil and with broad charity,
Nth kindness and good will toward
4 men. but with unhlnching determine
lon to smite down wrong, strive with
l the strength that is given US for
+ghteousuess in public and in private
"Now, therefore, |, Theodore Roose-
fet, President of the United States, do
1t apart Thursday, the Goth day of
I1umber next as a day of general
and prayer, and on that
Jay / recommend that the people shall
Ease from their daily work and, in their
Dmes or in their churches, meet devout-
ITO thank the Almighty for the many
nd great blessings they have received
the past and to pray that they may
K given strength so to order their lives
sto deserve a continuation of these
kssngs in the future
IN witness whereof, | have hereunto
stmy hand and caused the seal of the
nited States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington. this
list day Of October in the year of our
ord one thousand nine hundred and
ght, and OF the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
hirty-third.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
by the President,
Alvey A. Adee, Acting Secretary of
tate.