French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-22
PP01LAMATI0NS
FROM president And GOVERNOR
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
ISSUED BY PRESIDENT WILSON

Washington. Nov. President Will.
son issued tonight his 1917 Thanksglv-
ing proclamation calling upon the ma
ton, even in the midst of the sorrow
and great peril of a world shaken by
war, to thank God for blessings that
are better than mere peace mind and
prosperity of enterprise.
Tne proclamation fixing Thursday,
November 29, as Thanksgiving Day..
follows:
Thanksgiving
'sBy the President of the United States
of America
"A Proclamation
'It 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. That custom we can follow
even, now in the midst of the tragedy
of a world shaken by war and inn
measurable disaster, in the midst OF
sorrow and great peril. because even
amidst the darkness that has gather-
ed about us we can see the great
blessings God has bestowed upon us,
blessing that are better than mere
peace of mind and prosperity OF en-
terprise.
s, eve have been given the opportun-
Iity to serve mankind as we once serV-
led ourselves in the great day ofe0ur
Declaration of Independence, by TAX
| inc. up arms against a tyranny that
threatened to master and debase men
everywhere and joining with other
| free peoples in demanding for all the
nations of the world what we then
demanded and obtained for ourselves.
In this day of the revelation of our
duty not only to defend our own
rights as a nation but to defend also
the rights of free men throughout the
world, there has been vouchsafed US
| in full and inspiring measure the res
oIution and spirit of united action.
We have been brought to one mlnd
and purpose. A new vigor OF COM
mon counsel and common action has
been revealed in us. We should es-
pecially thank God that in such cir
cumstances, in the midst OF the great
est enterprise the spirit Of men have
: entered upon, we have, if We but OBJ
serve a reasonable and practlcable
| economy abundance with which to
isupply the needs of those associated
with us as we'll as our own. A new
/ light shines about US. The great
duties of a new day awaken new and
greater national sDirit in us. we
shall never again be divided or won
de- what stuff we are made of.
"And while we render thanks for
those things let US pray Almighty
iGod that in all humbleness OF spirit
1--WE may look always to Him for guild
ance; that we may be kent constant Ill
i the spirit and purpose of service; that
bv His grace our minds may be direct
ed and our hands strengthened, and
that in His good time liberty and Sc
curity and peace and the comradesh1p
of a common justice may be voch-
safed all the nations of the earth.
Wherefore, I Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America do hereby designate Thurs
Eday. the tWenty--ninth day Of Novem-
Der, next as a day Of Thanksgiving
and prayer and invite the people
throughout the land to cease upon
that day from their ordinary occupa-
-oas and in their several homes and
es of worship to render thanks to
Cod the great ruler of nations:
"In witness whereof, have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed
Done in the District of Columbia
this 7th day of November, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine hum
dred and seventeen, and of the inde-
pendence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty
second. ~
"WooDRoW WILSON.
'eBy the President:
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