The Coconino sun., 1922-11-10
HARDING CALLS ON
 NATION TO GIVE THANKS

Declaring that the state of the nation presents very much to justi- fy nationwide and most sincere tes- timony of gratitude for the bounty which has been bestowed on us" President Harding in the annual Thanksgiving proclamation issued to- day calls upon the American people to observe Thursday, November 30, "as a day of Thanksgiving, supplication and devotion"
 The text of the proclamation fol lows:
 By the president of the United States of America.
 "A proclamation.
 "In the beginning of our country the custom was established by the de- vout fathers of observing annually day of Thanksgiving for the boun- ties and protection which Divine Prov idence had extended throughout the year. It has come to be perhaps the most characteristic of our national ob .servances, and as the season ap- breaches for it's annual recurrence, it is fitting formally to direct attention to this ancient institution of our peO- pie and to call upon them again to unite in its appropriate celebration.
 "The year which now approaches its end has been marked in the eX- perience of our nation, by a complex ity of trials and triumphs, of difficult ties and of achievements, which we must regard as our inevitable portion in such an epoch as that through which all mankind is moving. As we survey the experience of the passing twelve-month we shall find that our state presents very much to justify a nationwide and most sincere testi mony of gratitude for the bounty which has been bestowed upon us. Though we have lived in the shadow of the hard consequences of great conflict, our country has been at peace and has been able to contribute toward the maintenance and perpetua tion of peace in the world. We have seen the race of mankind make grat flying progress on the way to per manent peace, toward order and re- stored confidence in it's high dignity.
 "For the Divine guidance which has enabled us in growing fraternity with other people, to attain so much of progress, for the bounteous yield which has come to us from the re- sources of our soil and our industry, we owe our tribute of gratitude and with it our acknowledgement of the duty and obligation to our people and to the unfortunate, the suffering, the distracted of other lands. Let US in all humility acknowledge how great is our debt to the Providence which has generously dealt with us and give devoted assurance of unselfish pur- pose to play a helpful and ennobling part in human advancement. It Is much to be desired that in rendering homage for the blessings which have come to us we should earnestly testi- fly our continued and increasing aim to make our own great fortune a means of helping and serving, as best we can, the cause of all humanity.
 "Now, therefore, I, Warren c. Harding, president of the United States of America, do designate Thursday, the thirtieth day of Novem- Der, as a day of Thanksgiving, sup plication and devotion. I recommend that the people gather at their fam fly altars and in their houses of wor- ship to render thanks to God for the bounties they have enjoyed and to pe- tition that these may be continued in the year before us.
 "In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
 "Done at the citv of Washington, this second day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand. nine hundred and twenty-two and of the in dependence of the United States of America, the one hundred forty-sev- enth.
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