The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-11-05
PEACE IS HIS THEME
PRESIDENT WILSON ASKS os-
sERVANcE OF THANKSGIVING
ON NOVEMBER as.
SAYS OUR CROPS ARE AMPLE
Nations Chief Executive Points Out
the Lessons Of European War and
Blessings Of America In Annual
Proclamation.

Washington, Oct. 30.-President
Wilson issued his annual Thanksgiv-
ings proclamation, setting Thursday,
November &c, as day of "thanksgiv.
ing and prayer" and inviting the peo-
pie throughout the land to cease from
their wonted occupations and in their
several homes and places of worship
to render thanks to Almighty God. G
The proclamation follows:
1t has long been the honored GUS
tom of our people to turn in the fruit
full autumn Of the year in praise
and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for
his many blessings and mercies to us
as nation. The year that is now
served our day of national thanksgiv-
ing has been, while q year of disci-
pline because Of the mighty forces Of
war and of change which have dis
turbed the world, also a year of spe-
cial blessing to US.
1T has been vouchsafed for us to re-
main at peace with honor and in some
parts to succor the suffering and sup
ply the needs of those who are In
want We have been privileged by our
own peace and self-control in some
degree to steady the counsels and
shape the hopes and purposes of day
OF fear and distress. Our people have
looked upon their own life as nation
with a deeper comprehension, a deep
er realization of their responsibilities
as well as their blessings and keen
er sense Of the moral and practical
significance OF what their part among
the nations of the world may come to
be-
The hurtful effects Of foreign war
In their own Industrial and CONNER
cial affairs have made them feel the
more fully and see the more clearly
their mutual dependence upon one
another and have stirred them to a
helpful cooperation such as they have
seldom practiced before. They have
been quickened by a great moral stim-
ulation. Their unmistakable ardor |
for peace, their earnest pity and dis |
interested sympathy for those who are |
suffering, their readiness to help and
to think Of the needs Of others have
revealed them to themselves as we'll |
At 10 the world.
Our crops will feed all who need
food; the self-possession Of our people
amid the most serious anxieties and
difficulties and the steadiness and re-
sourcefulness of our business men will
serve other nations as we'll as our
own.
The business of the country has
been crippled with new instrumental
tiles, and the commerce of the world
with new channels OF trade and inter-
course. The Panama canal has been
opened to the commerce Of the nations.
The two continents of America have
been bound in closer guise of friend
ship. New instrumentalities of in
ternational trade have been created
which will be also new instrumental
ties Of acquaintance, intercourse and
mutual service. Never before have
the people of the United States been
80 situated for their own advantage
or the advantage of their neighbors, or
so equipped to serve themselves and
mankind.
Now, therefore, !, Woodrow Will
son, president Of the United States OF
America do hereby designate Thurs
day, the 26th Of November next, as a
day of Thanksgiving and prayer and
invite the people throughout the land
TO cease from their wonted occupa-
tions and in their several homes and
places of worship render thanks to Al
mighty God.
In witness whereof I have here {
unto set my hand and cause the seal s
of the United States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, {
this 26th day Of October, in the year I
Of our Lord one thousand nine hun s
dred and fourteen and Of the inde-
pendence OF the United States Of
the one hundred and thirty
ninth
WOODROW WILSON, =
BY the President Robert Lansing,
Aaftnu OF |