The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.


 THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
 Washington, Nov 7.-President Wilson issued tonight his 1917 Thanksgiving proclamation calling upon the nation even in the midst of the sorrow and great peril of world shaken by war, to thank God for blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of en- terprise.
 The proclamation fixing Thursday, November 29, as Thanksgiving Day follows:
 Thanksgiving, 1917.
 By 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 ful autumn of the year in praise and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to Us as a nation. That custom we can fol- low now even in the midst of the tragedy Of a world shaken by war and immeasureable disaster, in the midst of sorrow and great peril, be- cause even amidst the darkness that has gathered about us we can see the great blessings God has bestowed upon us, blessings that are better than mere =neaee of mind and prosperity of enterprise.
 We have been given the opportun- ity to serve mankind as we once served ourselves in the great day of our declaration of independence by taking up arms against a tyrany 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 de- manded and obtained for ourselves. h this day of the resolution of our duty not only to defend our own rights as nation but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world, there has been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the resolution and spirit of united action. We have been brought to one mind and purpose A new vigor of common counsel and common action has been revealed in Us. We should especially thank God that in sach circumstances in the midst of the greatest enterprise the spirits of men have entered upon, we have if We but observe a reasonable and practical economy, abundance with which. to supply the needs of those associated with Us as well as our own, 4 new light shines above us. The great duties of q day awak en a new and greater national spir- it n Us. Ne shall never be divided CT wonder what stuff &e are made Of.
 And while we render thanks for these things, let us pray Almighty God chat in all humbleness of spirit zse mag look always to Him for euid- anee; that ae may be kept constant ii 5he spirit and purpose of service, that by lis grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened; and that ia His good rine liberty and security aad peace and the =comrade- ship of common justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth
 Wherefore. I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America. do hereby designate Thurs day, the twenty-ninth day of Noyem- Der next as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occu- patton and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the great ruler of nations
 Tn witness whereof l hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done in the District of Columbia, the seventh day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen and of the In dependence of the United States of l America, the one hundred and forty second.
 WOODROW WILSON,
 By the President,
 ROBERT LANSING,