Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1895 — THANKSGIVING APPOINTED. [ARTICLE]

THANKSGIVING APPOINTED.

By Proclamation the President Names Thursday, Nov. 28. President Cleveland lias issued a proclamation designating Thursday, Nov. 28, as Thanksgiving Day. The proclamation follows; “The constant goodness and forbearance of Almighty God which have been vouchsafed to the American people during the year which is just past call for their sincere acknowledgment of devout gratitipie. To the end, therefore, that we may with thankful hearts unite in extolling the loving care of our Heavenly Father, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 28th day of the present month of November, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and observed by all our people. On that day let us fdi-ego our usual occupations, and in our accustomed places of worship join in rendering thanks to the Giver of every good and perfect gift for the bounteous returns that have rewarded our labors in the fields and in the busy marts of trade; for the peace and order that have prevailed throughout the land; 5 for our protection from pestilence and dire calamity, and for the other blessings that have been showered upon us from an open hand. And with our thanksgiving let us humbly beseech the Lord to so incline the hearts of our people unto him that he will pot leave us nor forsake us as a nation, but will continue to us His mercy and protecting care, guiding us in the path of na-

tfonal prosperity and happiness, enduing us with rectitude and virtue, and keeping •Jive within u* a patriotic lor* for the free institutions which have been given to us as or.r national heritage. “And let us also on the day of our thanksgiving especially remember the poor and needy, and by deeds of charity let us show the sincerity of our gratitude. “In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “GROVEII CLEVELAND. “By the President: “RICHARD OLNEY, “Secretary of State."