Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
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Governor Brumbaugh Issues
Proclamation Calling on
F.. People to Give Thanks

1ON0FIlOE bTuHl DduSn III Ill
proclamation issued to
day calls upon the people of Penn
sylvania to "let thankfulness tax
the form of prompt and effective as
sistance to those in need and to le
The bounty be bestowed upon tn
nen in the Army and Navy.
The Governor fixes the same da.
Is the President in the following
oroclamation:
I'VE need daily to supplicate
the throne of God for guidance
and for sustaining grace. 1t is
especially fitting that in these dire
days we should join humbly and
heartily in sincere worship of
Almighty God, and in earnest
expressions of thankfulness for
His matchless mercies and man
ifold blessings. A people that is
not reverent is not worthy. A
nation that forgets God shall
surely perish. He is the Su-
preme Authority in the earth
and the recognition of His great
ness and goodness is essential to
our security and our we'll being.
Pennsylvania is a command
ing part of our great nation.
We suffer as does the whole Re-
public because of the cruel war
now destroying our social, edu-
cational and economic activities,
and calling the flower of your
young manhood to the flag and
TO an unknown destiny. We
should humbly and with heavy
hearts give thanks to God that
in His providence Pennsylvania
is loyal to the Country and de-
voutly true to Him. We should
willingly and humbly devote all
our energies and our resources
to a speedy ending of this hor-
rible war and the attendant car
riage that must fall upon our
men at the front. The nation
cannot prosper, the Common
wealth cannot go forward until
victory crowns our efforts and
holy and abiding peace comes to
all the peoples of the world.
Let us reverently pray and
steadily work for this end, be-
lieving it is Gods will that we
should so do.
When we gather in Thanks
giving services let us count the
great blessings vouchsafed us by
Divine wisdom. We have had
year of bountiful crops; a year
of health and prosperity; a year
free from the horrors of fire and
flood; a year of beneficent pro-
vision for the needy and of cher
full support to every great call
the nation has voiced. We
have much to be thankful for.
Let us openly give God the glory.
Let our thankfulness take
the form of prompt and effec-
tive assistance to those in need.
Let the poor and the suffering
have generous recognition. Let
our boJhty be bestowed upon
our boys in the Army and Navy.
Let no Pennsylvania patriot
anywhere be overlooked upon
this day of prayer and of prac-
teal philanthropy. Let us lift
to God hands yet warm with
gifts of good to those we love.
and should serve. Let us learn
from Him who gave his beloved
Son that we might live, that it
is vastly more blessed to give
than to receive, and it is fitting
anu clIlOSGlIltI W BlN6
Him reverend pledge of love
and loyalty and to give to our
beloved Country answering and
unreserved support. Learning
from Him our duty, let us cour-
ageously and ceaselessly do it
and do it commandingly well.
Let it be a day of devout
thankfulness for personal and
n -
conservation to our Common
wealth and Country. Above all,
let il be q day of deVout con-
fession of dependence upon AL
mighty God and of earnest sup
plication for guidance and grace
to live as He would have us live.
Let us quietly, solemnly, fer
Vently gather in our accustomed
places of worship and each in
his own way but all in an open
and reverent waV give thanks
and make confession and renew
pledges of fealty to our God.
That this may be done in a
seemly and fitting manner with
one accord and in unity of pur-
pose and of time, l. MARTIN
GROVE BRUMBAUGH, Cover
nor of this Commonwealth do
designate and set aside
NOVEMBER 20, 1917
As
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Given under my hand and
the Great Seal of the State, at
the City of Harrisburg, this
fourteenth day of November, in
the year of our Lord, one thous-
and nine hundred and seven
teen and of the Commonwealth
' the one hundred and forty-sec-
ond.
BY the Governor:
NJ. G. BRUMBAUGH.