"rhe Pilgrim Fathers landed America the end of December 1620, There were one hundred and two of Te President's Proclamation, which was read kn the Cathedral by Judge Milton J, Helmick, is 93 follows:—
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ide rownint hit nit oF manny hand ie wih, the spirt out mont the nations vf the earth inthe time or promerity. Il our hearts Uhamitatnens one! inthe' day of toute, auter not out Hitt in Ahice then, Before the next year had closed over fifty of them were dead. The summer and fall brought a harvest, The first American Thanks-living Day was occasioned by that harvest. George Washington" pro-26a day" Thanksgiving in. 1789, the first fall of his presidency. It has been consceutively observed by presidential proclamation since the message of Abrahham Lincoln in the dark, yet promising days of 1864, instituted in the rim hardships lof the first Pilgrim year on Cape Cod, nationalized in the first year of our Republic, established In the terrible struyiles of Civil War, we again obtorve this hallowed day inn world fat struggle as never before in human "Into what crush pave we again een thrown in 140? It is the ever recurring machtrom of matter and Spirit, of reed and sonorosity. of Ligotty of race and human brotiver= hood, of eras power and ideals for a happier society, of wanton destruction and inner regeneration. It is. the familiar mixture of honest convictions fand un-clear thinking, of gallant de-Votion and confused purposes, of en-inj selfishness and noble abandon. by' of November What is this world-wide struggle all about? Ask Hitler, And then ask Tien Peanklin D. Htomeve Thanksgiving Address Lishop Ward's address inthe Cathedral emphasized the fact that despite the present world crisis, 'Americans sti) have something tw be thankful for, and should p to od for' better "things. "This of thers what they things of his answer. Ask Churchill, "Ther ask others what of what he says, "Aske and Mussolini and "Stalin Asie the Greeks and the Dutch andi the Japanese and the Chinese and the Poles and the Americanstt Ask the peoples "of Mexico and South Ametien and of India! You. will xet answers from They all nig ix an American. Da Bishop, "Other peoples mksxivines days. "This ars, We are entitied to think pi onlaily of our blessings without being lunmnindfut of the blessings of others, add without seeming to be boastful Jesus taught a purable of the sth n with only one ent belittled what he was given, Tt was then taken away from him. We fare grateful for things which have Deen iven to us without any efforts our avn, Yet such blessings also rey obligations. "There are. things which God has Kiven us strength to uehieve, With, int gratitude for the strength thus given wee "we give thanks fo Gad for bless= ings inthe past, and their promise fe their. meanings for ourselves for others, But Careful that our thought be not turned nively Into pride either of possession fir of achievement nese naval. authorities oft Estelle Te, American owned vessel off the Chekiang Coast on November 2, sustaining vain. Presid Washi ton had been through Valley Forre land Yorktown ant tive fears for. federation Iwas reputed yesterday.
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