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Show On Thanksgiving Day In the cabin of the Mayflower, before they set foot on American soil, the Pilgrims signed a compact that began with these solemn words, "In the name of God, Amen." In our Declaration Dec-laration of Independence is embodied the principles that all men are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights." Our national motto is "In God we trust." I Thus this nation was founded upon faith in God. This Thanksgiving season, when the whole nation has been called upon to recognize our cherished heritage of religious freedom through the nationwide Religion in American Life Program, is a most appropriate time to be reminded of this truth. If, responding to the RIAL movement's message of "Find the Strength for Your Life . . . Worship Together This Week," our people march as a mighty pilgrimage to their houses of worship, this faith can be re-affirmed. (Continued on Pige Four) ; : ' On Thanksgiving Day (Continued from Page 1) Thus we Americans may make that faith manifest again to all other nations. In a world torn by internal dissension, a world bset by forces and ambitions that are godless and evil, Americans still may stand revealed as the land over which, in the words of Isaiah, "He will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar." And if any men, anywhere still wonder how America stands, that ensign of God will testify that we stand a united nation, mighty in our material resources, and mightier still in that faith which is the very foundation of all that we are and all that we aspire to be. |