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Thanksgiving Proclamation
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
[City of New York, October 3, 1789]
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge
the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to
be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore
His protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of
Congress have by their joint Committee requested me
"to "recommend to the People of the United States a
day of public thanks-giving and prayer to be
observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the
many single favors of Almighty God, especially by
affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish
a form of government for their safety and
happiness."
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the
26th. day of November next to be devoted by the
People of these States to the service of that great
and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of
all the good that was, that is, or that will be.
That we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our
sincere and humble thanks, for His kind care and
protection of the People of this country previous to
their becoming a Nation, for the signal and manifold
mercies, and the favorable interpositions of His
Providence, which we experienced in the course and
conclusion of the late war, for the great degree of
tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since
enjoyed, for the peaceable and rational manner in
which we have been enabled to establish
constitutions of government for our safety and
happiness, and particularly the national One now
lately instituted, for the civil and religious
liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we
have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge and
in general for all the great and various favors
which He hath been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly
offering our prayers and supplications to the great
Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon
our national and other transgressions, to enable us
all, whether in public or private stations, to
perform our several and relative duties properly and
punctually, to render our national government a
blessing to all the People, by constantly being a
government of wise, just and constitutional laws,
discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed, to
protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations
(especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and
to bless them with good government, peace, and
concord. To promote the knowledge and practice of
true religion and virtue, and the encrease of
science among them and Us, and generally to grant
unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal
prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
~~~~~~ Thanksgiving Proclamation
Thanksgiving commemorates a feast held in
1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. A short prayer, grace or
blessing of thanks is given before the meal remembering that
"their youngest son said grace". These Prayers express gratitude
to God for the things one has at the end of the harvest season.
Choose from our collection of Thanksgiving words and texts.
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