Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-11-21
THANKSGIVING
 PROCLAMATION

Governor Brough issuec proclama- tion naming Thursday, November 29, as Thanksgiving Day in the state, and urged all patriotic people to attend divine service and consecrate them selves to the purposes of the war. His proclamation follows:
 Whereas, Regularly recurring in the cycle of human events, there comes the freehold of our Thanksgiv- ing, which should be translated into the freehold of Thanksgiving, when the people of the greatest republic on earth turn the rays of the silver moon of memory to the earliest days of their national existence, and add their example to the perpetuation of the honored custom first observed by our Pilgrim fathers in the wilderness of new world, dedicated to political and religious liberty, of holding di- vine services commemorating Gods generous bounty to God-fearing peo- pie, and
 Whereas, The people of the United States and of the sovereign common wealth of Arkansas have been bless ed this year in most sections with bounteous harvests, an unexampled prosperity, an opportunity for service greater than has come to the people of any nation on the face of the globe, a service which is already translating material prosperity in terms of ideal ism, lofty humanity and dedicating the entire world to the cause of lib erty and democracy; and
 Whereas, Our nation and our state owe profound debt of gratitude to Almighty God for the noble lives that have volunteered and have been se- lected to make the world safe for de- mocracy, to open the high seas for the shipment of our cotton, grain and other staple export products: and
 Whereas, Through century and a half of eventful history, the God who hath been our dwelling place in all generations has vouchsafed to our nation, and to our people. constitu. tional freedom, religious liberty and material prosperity,
 'Now, therefore, I, Charles H. Brough, governor of the state of Ar kansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me under the constitution and laws of said state, in accordance with the time-honored custom, do hereby set aside and designate Thurs day, November 29, as Thanksgiving Day in the state of Arkansas, and call upon all our people on that day to pay homage "To the God of our far-aung battle
 line,
 Beneath whose awful hand we hold
 dominion over palm and pine.'
 'I urge that the grateful people of a prosperous commonwealth attend di- vine services on this day, and in oth- CT ways reconsecrate their patriot ism and pledge anew their allegiance to the God who holdeth nations as well as individuals in the hollow of His divine hand, to guard, guide and protect them. God grant that when this holocaust of the greatest war hu- man history has ever recorded shall have ended, and the boys in khaki with hearts of gold shall have emerg- ed victorious, when German kaisers, Austrian emperors, Bulgarian kings and other autocrats shall have been driven from their thrones by the judgment of righteous people, God grant that on future Thanksgiving Days each and every one of us may be able to exclaim,
 The tumult and the shouting dies,
 The captains and the kings depart, Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
 An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet.
 Lest we forget, lest we forget
 "In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state, in the executive chamber, Little Rock, Ark, on this the 10th day of Novem- Der, A. D. 1917.
 Charles H. Brough, Governor"