Show 0 4 at it delta utah alk I 1 I 1 i COMPANY IM I M XA editor and Butil ness man f b rv at the postoffice pOst office at Def of march arch 3 1879 air I 1 t n pin 19 1 ann av 4 41 t 0 i Z rl A A 4 b I 1 into his ates with ind ind into his courts with praise P raise ind and be unto rim and bless his s name for the lord is good his mercy is everlasting ind his truth dureth 1 all U psalm I 1 inn 45 4 f 5 r en to generations in 0 A 00 day Is more in tory thanksgiving ter woven with the nation nations s his tory than any other american holiday and has had the most check ered career of them all a historical review of the long chain of circumstances surrounding this most pleasant harvest festival reveals while thanksgiving as an annual event under tinder the auspices of the state Is a legacy from the early new ang ln land colonists it nevertheless was as first proclaimed as a national day for giving thanks by the first president george washington who was requested to do so by joint resolution of congress in 1789 writes gifford ernest in the chi cago dally daily news at intervals from then on to the present it has been observed nationally by proclamation of the president the longest interval internal during which no proc la matlon was issued and the day was as only observed by some and that section ally was about 50 years ago this hiatus in official national gran gratt tude tu de occurred between the presidente pre enc es of james madison and abraham lincoln during this lapse the southern states objected to its observance by prest proclamation on the ground that it was a relic relle of puritan bigotry during this long period of s cpr lacy of the south and blest est in national af fairs the festival was vias confined chiefly to the northeastern states thursday has been most generally ene rally selected as the day of the week eel for observing the holiday however wednesday has been occasionally used although november has been preferred M no aa the horn of plenty symbolic of the occasion for thanksgiving as the month for expressing publicly the national ferati tude february april may august and december have been designated at times wednesdays and thursdays were se lecter by the puritans of new england for their festive occasions in connect tion with giving thanks for abundant harvests because they desired to have them as far as possible from the christian sabbath which they observed with ith strict simplicity the turkey typifies thanksgiving vl vi ands because governor bradford of plymouth sent out four hunters to pro cure a supply of game for the feast after the first harvest in the fall of conspicuous among the game birds and animals bagged by the hunt ers were numerous wild turkeys which were common in the woods of massa chu t prom rom this circumstance arose the popular association of these hand some and tasty birds with thanks giving in time the day was observed in connecticut later the dutch of ne nev v proclaimed a public day for giving thanks during the reo rev lutlo lutio nary war congress days for thanksgiving thursday no vember aa was proclaimed by president george geore 11 washington ashIngton the first national thanksgiving day after the setting up of the c after I 1 resident adams proclamation for the observance of april 20 23 an other one evasn t iss led for 13 years when president Alad madison lson revived the day and designated a thursday in aug 1812 as the day for I 1 I 1 anks giving two other such days were appointed and then the lapse until president lin coin coln set aside thursday august 6 1803 as a day of thanksgiving and then later in the same bear a de designated signa ted the last 11 of november Io vember nest next for the same purpose president lincoln s proclamation was as follows the year that Is in dra s toward it its close I 1 as been filled with the of fruitful fields and 1 healthful salex to these bounties bount lee wl vil ich are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the a a 2 A tean oW omen a noti probably has been no sub T eject since man s beginning more discussed tl ti an prayer Pell religion 7 glon ests have hae claimed it belonged to the spiritual world as a form of worship scientists not being able to classify it into formula or fact I 1 ave dismissed the subject as not belonging to the set sel world what is prater prayer and where does it belong and to whom according to the present status of the htman hi man race there are three 1 ands of prayer the first type of pra prater cr is petition begg ng for something which one has not Nh whether ether it be for ing to hive hane or to be it is ing god to give this ta tipe pe of request Is pseudo prater er and find should bear the name of petition the second type of prayer Is the I 1 ind that brings our na tion at the I 1 residents proclamation to its knees on athani s sg ving day in gratitude for thanksgiving means gratitude it Is an attribute of the heart I 1 ven though grateful one can also be selfish gratitude Gritl tude Is sometimes lad in ing in human beings abeln ind and found in dogs today we the A Ame merican deop e are not as grateful for our splendid country with its privileges of free edu cation catlon its noble liberty of rel bious toils tl ti inking its art fine music and litera tuie as were ere those first I 1 algrim fathers who dated the bleik bleak birren barren coast of early new ingland give he us this day our dally daily bread is more often said than prated and in how many american homes today do little children never hear a word ord of grace or gratitude at the beginning of a meal this ts ls short measure of his rightful heritage gratitude Is one of the courtesies of character chir acter an amenity of the heart it can be cultivated by alwaes comparing your lot in life with that tha of someone wl 0 his has less rather than more than jou have this always brings gratitude plus contentment however this second type of prayer g es only half way nay to the I 1 eart of god and should only bear the name of gratitude not prayer the tl it ird kind of prayer must in elude others if we wish it to ascend I 1 agi er than our heads A great and fine woman internationally known said to me once that she prays god to I 1 elp her answer prayers of oti ers lou IOU would be surprised she said to me low 1 ow many opportunities dally daily come to me to answer the prayers of other folks folls ow v when hen I 1 am this I 1 ing in terms of the needs of others I 1 lose track of my own on and I 1 gr gaw w strong when hen others need me to be can we vie really pi iv 15 oc P we te n new un on a from wl ch sets they come oth erit have been added which are of 0 c a an nature t tire tl ti at they e 11 not fall to i penetrate ene and soften tie I 1 eart which 1 is hal balliu dually silly in set ei s 1 I ie le to tl if e ever watchful provi dence of 0 god in the i a eidet of a civil war of an on equaled magnitude and severity avi vl ach has sometimes seen ed to tor for eign states to invite 11 i i d provoke their peace pence has been preserved with nil all lon order has been ed the I tats in I 1 ave have been respected and and har nony has pre vallel everywhere ex celt aei t in the theater of n hilary con hirt khile hit thit theater lini has lieen been 9 beatly contracted by the armies and i avles of the union di illier slot a of wealth and of from the liel hel la Is of peace pence ful in austry to tie tl e national defense te laic lave not arrested the plow the e shuttle or tl ti e a el fps the ax I 1 as us en barged the 1 orders of our settlements and the mine mines six well of iron and coal as an of tl ti e precious metals have yielded even more ab in dantly than I 1 heretofore I 1 opu lation hae has stead ly increased not ditl stai ung tie waste tl ti at has been made in tit the camp the agege and the battlefield and the country icing in tie tl e coi of augmented fth and vigor bior Is 1 to expect continuance of year years with large 1 increase tn creage of freedom no 0 o hun bon an counsel hath devised nor I 1 lath nth any mortal I 1 land und worked ont out these breit greit tl ti ings aa tl TI ey are the gracious era clona gifts rifts of the most nigh god vw nio I 1 0 nl lie ile dealing with us in anger tor for our minx 1 hath elesa eless remembered n ercy erey it has seemed to me fit and proper that they hould should I 1 e solemnly reverently and gratefully ne as a with one I 1 eart an I 1 one voice by t tl e whole hole american pe pie I 1 do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the united states as I 1 also tl it ose one nho ito are at men ea and tl ti se me vi wl 0 are solo sojourning in foreign lands to t 0 set apart an I 1 observe tl tie e last flat tl u raday of at november next as a day of tl TI and praise to ur benefi ent father who dwell divell eth in lit tie I 1 eavens and I 1 recant n end to t tl em that while offering up the justly due to him for singular deliver dellie ances rances and blessings tl ey do also with I 1 unit ie p penitence en tor for our national perverseness and commend to IN I 1 beider tei der care all mit those nio to have cecone e widows idos or Plans ans mourner monn ers or sufferers in the lamentable civil elvit trite strife in which ne are unavoidably engage and fervently implore the 4 ap ir washington proclaimed the first na t onal thanksgiving day interposition of the hand to heal the woul wont ds its of the nation ai as d to restore it as soon as ax may be e insistent with the divine puri osen to the full enjoyment of pence harmony tranquility and ui us ion in testimony whereof I 1 haic have it hereunto set met my I 1 and and nod caused t the he seal meal of the lasted states te to be affixed done at the city of washington this thin thirl day of october octol er in the year of our lord one th usand eight I 1 undred and sixty three and of the li 11 dependence lepen dence of the united states the eighty eighth A LINCOLN br the presidents I 1 IAM 11 II secretary of state president andrew johnson in hit hl first thanksgiving proclamation departed from the precedent of washing ton and lincoln and designated th tho first thursday of december 1865 th the fol following loNNing year he returned to the last th irskay of november and all his sue cessor cessorsmo hav e fol followed loed si silt it ANNUAL REMINDER day comes as tan thanksgiving an annual reminder that there Is always alays something for nelch to be grateful even eien if its discernment res close observation and su per or intelligence |