Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1864
You can not have failed to notice how small a part of the peculiar rhetoric of war has ever come from the great makers and masters of war…
You can not have failed to notice how small a part of the peculiar rhetoric of war has ever come from the great makers and masters of war…
It is the usage of the divine Word to speak of God’s mystery as the believer’s peace. Concealment, we are told, is a part of the glory of God; and the very darkness…
Alexander Hamilton Vinton (1807-1881) graduated from Yale in 1828 and from a theological seminary in 1835. He was pastor of congregations in: Portland (1835-1836)…
Charles Wadsworth (1814-1882) graduated from Union College in 1837. He was pastor of congregations in: Troy, NY (1842-1850)…
The following is the text of a national Thanksgiving proclamation issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 1, 1944. The Thanksgiving day was to take place on November 23, 1944. The images of the Proclamation are from the National Archives and Records Administration.
I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do set aside and appoint Thursday, the thirtieth day of November 1933, to be a Day of Thanksgiving for all our people….
The committee appointed to prepare a recommendation to the several states, to set apart a day of public thanksgiving, brought in a report….
Mayoral Proclamation In harmony with Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia November 24-30, 2024 as proclaimed by Governor Jim Justice WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week marks the thirty-third consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood […]
Mayoral Proclamation in harmony with Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia As proclaimed by Governor Jim Justice Whereas, the Preamble to the Constitution of West Virginia declares, “Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political, and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith and constant reliance upon God”; and […]
Mayoral Proclamation in harmony with Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia November 24-30, 2024 as proclaimed by Governor Jim Justice WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week marks the thirty-third consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood […]