Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1878 — Not That Kind of a Man. [ARTICLE]

Not That Kind of a Man.

Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts, was petitioned by Boston atheists to omit from his Thanksgiving proclamation any acknowledgment of a God, and to say simply that he appointed the day in accordance with the wish of those who desired it. The Governor begins the proclamation as follows: "The Father of Mercies, whose power is infinite, and whose loving kindness is everlasting, invites His people in His holy word to make known their requests unto Him in every time of their necessity. ”