Lord thank You for all that you have provided to us. We are blessed and grateful that You have everything, even the most minuscule and mundane in Your wise consideration. Thank You for Your sacrifice, forgiveness and grace. We are humbled and eternally appreciative of this gift.
At this season, when the year is drawing to a close, tradition suggests and our hearts require that we render humble devotion to Almighty God for the mercies bestowed upon us by His goodness.
Devoutly grateful to Divine Providence for the richness of our endowment and the many blessings received, may we continue to give a good account of our stewardship by utilizing our resources in the service of mankind. May we have the vision and courage to accept and discharge honorably the responsibilities inherent in our strength by consecrating ourselves to the attainment of a better world.
I call upon the people of this Nation to observe that day by offering thanks to God for the bounties vouchsafed us, and by rededicating ourselves to the preservation of the “Blessings of Liberty” envisaged by our forefathers in the preamble to the Constitution.
President Harry S. Truman 1946 Thanksgiving Message
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