On the recordOctober 21, 1906
We should be both reverently thankful for what we have received, and earnestly bent upon turning it into a means of grace and not of destruction.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWe should be both reverently thankful for what we have received, and earnestly bent upon turning it into a means of grace and not of destruction.
Proclamation 665—Thanksgiving Day, 1906
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