Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1882 — THURSDAY, NOV. 30, [ARTICLE]

THURSDAY, NOV. 30,

By Proclamation of the President, to be Observed as a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer. The following' Thanksgiving proclamation has been issued from Washington: By the President of the United States of America—a proclamation: in conformity witn a custom the annual observance of which is justly held in honor by this people, J, Che-ter A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby set apart Thu sday, the Moth day of November n xt, as a day of pub ic thanksgiving. The blessings d mantling our gratitude are numerous and varied: For the peace and amity which subsist between this and all nations of the world • freedom from Internal discord and violence; for increasing friendship between different sections of a land or liberty, justice and cons itutionai government; for the devotion of the peop e to our free institutions and their cheerful obedience to mild laws; lor the constantly-increasing strength of the republic, while extending its privileges to the lellow-men to us; for improved means of internal communication and increased facilities .of inter course with other nations; for the general preva bug health of the year ; for the prosperity of ad our industries, a liberal return for the mechanic’s toil, affording a market for the abundant harvests of the husbandmen; for the preservation of the national faith and credit; fora wise and generous provision to effect the intellectual and moral education of our youth; for the influen e upon the conscience of a restraining and transforming religion; and for the joys of home. For these, and for many other blessings, we should give thanks. Wherefore I do recommend that the day above designated be observed throughout the counti y as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, and that the people, ceasing from their daily labors, and meeting in accordance w th their several forms of worship, draw near to the Throne of Almighty God, offering to Him praise and gratitude for the man fold good which He has vouchsafed to us, and praying that His blessings and mercies may cont nue. And I do further recommend that the day thus appointed may be made a specal occasion tor deedsof kindn ss and charity to the suffering aud needy, so that ah who dwe 1 within he land may rejoice and be glad in this season of thanksgiving. In witness whe eof I have hereunto set my hand, and earned the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Wa hington this 25th day of October in the year of our Lord 1881 and of t ie Independence of the Unite I States the lb7th. Chester A Ar i hub. By the President: Frederick T. Fret inghuysen. Secretary of State.