Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-11-15
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION


WASHINGTON. -Tne text of the an
nuaI ThauEsgiytn- proclamation issued
Wednesday by President Wilson fol
lows.
BY the president Of the United
States of America:
"A proclamation.
"The season of the year has again
arrived when the people Of the United
States are accustomed TO unite in Civ
ine thanks to Almighty God for the
blessings which ne has conferred upon
our country during the twelve months
that have passed \ year ago our
people poured ont their hearts IN
praise and Thanksgiving that. through
divine aid. the right was victorious
and peace had come to the nations
which had so courageously struggled
in defense OF human liberty and JUS
tice. Now that the stern task is ended
and the fruits Of achievement are ours
We look forward with confidence to
the dawn OF an era where the sacrifice
Of the nation will find recompenSe
in a world at peace.
But TO attain the consummatioh OF
the great work to which the Amerl-
cans devoted their manhood and the
vas, resources of the country, they
should give thanks 10 God and recon
secrate themselves to these principles
Of right which triuCphed tarokn ms
mercifuI goodness. Our gratitude can
find no more perfect expression than
to 5ulwark with loyalty and patriotism
those principles for which the tree
peoples of the earth fought and died.
During the past year We have had
much to make us grateful. In spite
Of the confusion ia our economic llfe'
resulting from the war, we have pros
pered Our harvests have been pien'
tiful, and Of our abundance We have
been able to render sucCOr to less
favored nations. Our democracy re
mains mistaken in a world torn with
political and social unrest. Our ira
ditional ideals are still our guides in
the path of progress and civilization
These great blessings vouchsafed to
US. for which we deyOutly give thanks
should arouse us to a fuller sense OF
our duty to ourselves and to mankind
to see to it that nothing We may dc
shall mar the completeness Of the vic
tory which We helped TO win. Nc
selfish purpose animated us in becom
ing a participant in the world war
and with a like spirit of unselfishness
we should strive to aid by our ex
ample and by our cooperation, real
izing the enduring welfare Of all PEG
I bles and in bringingNhto being worlc
ruled by friendship and good will.
Therefore, l, Woodrow Wilson
president of the United States Of
America, hereby designate Thursday
the 27th day of November next, fol
observance as a day of THANKSGIVING
and prayer by my fellow countrymen
inviting them to cease on that date
from their ordinary tasks and to unite
/ in their homes and in their several
places of worship in ascribing praise
and thanksgiving to God, the author
Of all blessings and the master of our
dsstinies.
In witness whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia
this 9Th day of November, in the year
OF our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and nineteen, and of the indie.
pendence of the United States the one
hundred and forty-fourth
| (SssD WOODROW WILSON.
by the Presider-:
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State"