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An Invitation to Thanksgiving

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 3, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 47.

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An Invitation to Thanksgiving

It is a nice point in the President's proclamation that he does not appoint or ordain or command, but he invites the people to observe Thanksgiving Day. This is proper. Religious observances are not a matter of government appointment in this country, nor would they have the effect that an invitation like President Taft's would have.