| Show president harding hardin 9 issues thanksgiving proclamation much to justify nation wide de and most sincere testimony of gr gratitude for bounty bestowed upon Us president harding issued recently the annual thanksgiving pro clama tut tion mahich in which he say sas a in the beginning of OUT one country the custom was established by the devout fathers of observing annual 1 iv a day of thanksgiving forthe for the bounties and protection which divine providence had extended through out the year it has come to be perhaps the most ch of 0 our cur national afton al observations and as the season approaches for its annual re recurrence ure ence it is fitting form illy to direct attention to this the institution to I 1 of I 1 our people and to call upon titio them again to unite in its appio P enate c celebration e le bration the year wh which it now approaches leaked its end and has been marked in the ex peri ence of our nation by a complex ity of trials and triumphs of diffin ul ties and of achievements which we must as our inevitable portion in such an epoch as that through which all mankind is moving A we survey the experience of the passing twelvemonth we shall find that our estate presents very much to justify a nation wide and most a sin A com cere testimony of gratitude for the bounty which has been bestowed up on onus us though we ve have lived in the shadow of the hard consequences of great conflict our country has been bean at peace and has been able to contribute toward the and perpetuation of peace in the world we have seen the race face of mankind make gratifying gratify ing progress on the way to permanent peace to V ard order and restored confidence in its high destia de for FIT the tin divine too gin guidice dince which inch has enabled us in gi owing glowing fraternity with other peoples to attain so much of progress for the bounteous yield which has bas come to us from the re sources scones of our soil and our industry we owe our tribute of gratitude and with th it our ac acknowledge me nt of the duty and obligation to our own peo pao pie and to the unfortunate theann the suf fering the distracted of other lah lands ds let us in all humility acknowledge how great is our debt to the provi derice denes satch has generously dealt with us and give devoted assurance of unselfish purpose to play a helpful and ennobling part in human ad van cement it is much ach to be desir d ed that in rendering homage for the blessings which auch have come to us we should earnestly testify out our contin aed and increasing aim to make our own great fortune a means of help ing and serving as best we can the cause of all humanity now therefore I 1 we warren re G harding pr president adent oi of the united states of america do designate thu aday the day of novem bar ivi as a de da of thanksgiving sup and devotion I 1 becom mend that the people gather at their family altars and in their home bouses of worship to tender render thanks to god for the bounties they have enjoyed and to petition that these then may V be continued in the year before us in III witness whereof I 1 haw have here unto set my had and caused the seal of the united states to be affix ed ad done in the city of washington this secord day of november in the 3 ear of our or lord one ine thousand nine hundred and twenty ty two and of the independence dependence of the united states of america the one hundred forty fort seventh WARREN G HARDING |
