Article November 21, 1925 Issue

Thanksgiving Proclamation

Calvin Coolidge

The season approaches when, in accordance with a longestablished and respected custom, a day is set apart to give thanks to Almighty God for the manifold blessings which His gracious and benevolent providence has bestowed upon us as a nation and as individuals.

We have been brought with safety and honor through another year, and, through the generosity of nature, He has blessed us with resources whose potentiality in wealth is almost incalculable; we are at peace at home and abroad; the public health is good; we have been undisturbed by pestilence or great catastrophe; our harvests and our industries have been rich in productivity; our commerce spreads over the whole world, and labor has been well rewarded for its remunerative service.

As we have grown and prospered in material things, so also should we progress in moral and spiritual things. We are a God-fearing people, who should set ourselves against evil and strive for righteousness in living, and observing the Golden Rule, we should from our abundance help and serve those less fortunately placed. We should bow in gratitude to God for His many favors.

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