Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1897 — Gov. Mount’s Thanksgiving Proclamation. [ARTICLE]

Gov. Mount’s Thanksgiving Proclamation.

An Able, Devout And High Minded Document. The following is the text of Gov. Mount’s thanksgiving proclamation : •‘The past year has been signally crowned with loving kindness and tender mercies. Abundant crops and improved prices reward the husbandman. Labor now finds remunerative employment. The fires are burning brightly in the furnaces of industry- The wheels of industry and the wheels of commerce are in ceaseless motion. Returning confidence and business improvement are everywhere manifest. The rattle of reapers, heard is fertile fields, has been echoed by the whirr of wheels in busy factories, thus emphasizing the important lesson of mutual dependence and strengthening the bonds of good will and concord. A philanthropic spirit abides with our people. The cause of education, which is the anchor of safety to a government of the people, is continually being elevated to a higher standard of excellence. Health prevails, smiling plenty abounds, and hope animates our citizens, The spirit of charity inspires the hearts of our people to greater zeal in their efforts to mitligate suffering, relieve distress, prevent crime, reform the fallen, provide homes for the homeless; in short, to lift up humanity, to make life happier, home brighter and all the world better.

‘‘For all these temporal mercies, and for the Christlike spirit that inspires to deeds of love, we should render a tribute of thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God for his manifold blessings. “That we may appropriately acknowledge our gratitude to Him who has so abundantly blessed us, theretofore, “I, James A. Mount, governor of Indiana, do hereby designate Thursday, Nov. 25, 1897, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed in the homes and in places of public worship by such services as will fittingly express the debt of gratitude we ojve to the author of all our mercies. “On this day of public rejoicinglet us by deeds of love make glad the hearts and homes of the needy, for “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”