The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-11-04
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Designating inuTSud.s .NONemDtT 20
as Thanksgiving day The Presi
dents proclamation refers to thu
fact that the United States is a
peace. while the rest of the worl'
| is at war. and H. as follows:
! by the President of the Unite,
! States of America.
"A Proclamation.
1t has long been the honoreC
custom of our people TO turn in the
/ fruitful autumn Of the year in praise
and thanksgiving to Almighty Goo
for His many blessings and mercies
to US as a nation. The year that il
now drawing to a close since we last
observed our day of national thanks
giving has been. while year of dis.
cipline because OF the mighty forces
OF war and of change which have
disturbed the world. also a year OF
special blessing for US.
1t has been youchsafed to us 10
remain at peace. with honor, and in
some part to succor the suffering
and supply the needs of those who
were in want
We have been privileged by our
own peace and self-control i'm some
degree to steady the counsels and
shape the hopes and purposes Of a
day of fear and distress. Our peo-
pie have looked upon their own life
as a nation with deeper comprehen-
sion. a fuller realization of their re-
sponsibilities as well as of their
blessings. and a keener 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 COM
mercial affairs have made them feel
the more fully and see the more
clearly their mutual interdependence
upon one another and has stirred
them to helpful cooperation such
as they have seldom practiced be-
fore. They have been quiCkened by
great moral stimulation. Their
unmistakable ardor for peace. their
earnest pity and disinterested SYM
pathy for those who are suffering,
their readiness to help and to think
OF the needs of others, have reveal
ed them TO themselves as well as to
the world.
Our crops will feed all who need
food: the self-possession of our peo-
pie amidst the most serious ankle
ties and difficulties and the steadi-
ness and resourcefulness of our bus
mess men will serve other nations
as well as our own.
The business of the country has
been supplied with new instrument
talities and the commerce of the
world with new channels of trade
and intercourse.
The Panama Canal has been OPP
tntu W lHt tOUlmtTCe VI the nd
tions. The two continents of Ameri-
ca have been bound in closer ties of
friendship. New instrumentalities
of international trade have been
created which will be also new in
strumentalities OF acquaintance. in
tercOurse and mutual service. New
er before have the people OF the
United States been so situated for
their own advantage or the advan-
tage OF their neighbors or so equip
ped to serve themselves and man
kind
Now. therefore, I. Woodrow Will
son. President OF the United States
OF America, do hereby designate
Thursday. the twenty-sixth of No
yember, next. as "A day of thanksgiv-
ing and prayer. and invite the peo-
pie throughout the land TO cease
from their wonted occupations and
in their several homes and places of
worship render thanks to Almighty
God"