Prayer – The Book of Common Prayer,
1979
Almighty and gracious Father, we give You thanks
for the fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those who
harvest them. Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of Your great bounty, for the
provision of our necessities and the relief of all who are in need, to the
glory of Your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Come, Ye Thankful People Come, #694 - Don B.
Psalm 100 (The Inclusive Bible) - Claudia M.
Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord
with gladness and come into the divine presence with a song. Know this: the
Lord, the Lord, is God; the One made us and to whom we belong; we are God’s
people, the sheep of God’s pasture. Enter the gates of the Lord with
thanksgiving; go into these courts with praise; give thanks to God and call
upon the name of the Lord. For the Lord is good, whose steadfast love is
everlasting; and whose faithfulness endures from age to age.
Thanksgiving Sharing - Belinda A.
We Gather Together, #131 - Don B.
George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation - Pastor Charles
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of
Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and
humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of
Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United
States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by
acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty
God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a
form of government for their safety and happiness:"
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of
November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service
of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the
good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in
rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and
protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a
nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable
interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late
war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have
since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have
been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and
happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the
civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we
have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all
the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon
us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers
and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him
to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether
in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties
properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to
all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and
constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to
protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have
shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and
concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and
virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to
grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone
knows to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October,
A.D. 1789.
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