MAX 31, 1944.
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“Oh, that man would praise the Lord
for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men.”
N ACCORDANCE with the custom long ago established by our
fathers, it is entirely fitting that, at this season of the year, we
should set apart a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God, the source of
all good, for the manifold mercies and blessings that are ours.
There is an old legend which says that there are two angels whose
duty it is to bear from earth the prayers of men. One is the angel of
Requests and the other the angel of Thanksgiving. Each carries a large
basket as he flies from place to place, listening at the doors of prayer-
closets. The angel of Requests soon has his baskets filled and heaped
up with the supplications of men, but the angel of Thanksgiving, after
going all his rounds, has only a few little hymns of gratitude in the
bottom of his basket.
Perhaps this fancy is truer than we suppose. People murmur and
find fault much oftener than they rejoice and give thanks; but, as we
look back over the past year, we have abundant reason for Thanks-
giving in our individual lives, as a State, and as a Nation. A sufficient
harvest has been gathered and we are assured of sustenance for man
and beast. Our people, as a rule have been sober and steadfast, honest
and industrious. No other land has been so highly favored as our own.
We have still grave problems to solve, but, gaining courage from the
experience of the past, we may go forward in hope and confidence,
guided and blessed by the Providence of God.
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Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of
the State of Michigan, I hereby join the President of the United States
in designating (Tijurgbap, Wotjember 24, 1921, as a day of Thanks-
giving and Prayer.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State, this tenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-one, and of the Commonwealth the
eighty-fifth.
Governor.
By the Governor; R
Secretary of State.


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