Proclamation of Thanksgiving
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm
"The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings
of fruitful fields and healthful skies.
To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget
the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so ex-
traordinary a nature,that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart
which is habitually insensible to [the ever watchful providence of Almighty God].
In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity,........"
By the President: Abraham Lincoln
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In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of
Thanksgiving. President Lincoln understood that blessings come only from the great God.
Are we being blessed today?
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm
"The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings
of fruitful fields and healthful skies.
To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget
the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so ex-
traordinary a nature,that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart
which is habitually insensible to [the ever watchful providence of Almighty God].
In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity,........"
By the President: Abraham Lincoln
-
In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of
Thanksgiving. President Lincoln understood that blessings come only from the great God.
Are we being blessed today?
