Guest guest Posted November 28, 2002 Report Share Posted November 28, 2002 > Subject: Fw: Happy Thanksgiving!!! > > > > Abe Lincoln knew where our priorities should lie....may we all have a > > blessed Thanksgiving, and know the those nations are blessed whose God is > > the Lord! > > > > > Thanksgiving Proclamation > > > > > > > > > It is the duty of nations as well as of me to own their dependence > > > upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and > transgressions > > > in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will > lead > > > to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in > the > > > Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations are > blessed > > > whose God is the Lord. > > > We know that by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are > > > subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world. May we not > > > justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the > > > land may be a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to > > > the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people? > > > We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we > > > have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have > > grown > > > in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. > > > But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand > > which > > > preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, > and > > > we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all > > these > > > blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. > > > Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to > > > feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray > to > > > the God that made us. > > > It has seemed to me fit and proper that God should be solemnly, > > > reverently and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, > > by > > > the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in > > > every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those > > > who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last > > > Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our > beneficent > > > Father who dwelleth in the heavens. > > > > > > Abraham Lincoln > > > October 3, 1863 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 > Just a quick note to say thanks to all who contribute to this group > via posts, emails, lurking, griping, sniping, laughing, etc.... > > Many thanks to you and a very happy holiday wish to you all. > > DMM > www.cedarcanyonclinic.com --------->ditto :-) suze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 PUMPKIN PIE CLICK ON THIS LINK:<http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=HY27482779> BLESSINGS!!! SHEILA WClassification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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