FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Thanksgiving 2012!! ~ 22 November 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

~ Happy Thanksgiving 2012 ~

GOD BLESS AND WATCH OVER THEM, WHEREVER THEY SERVE.

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863

By the President of the United States of America.

A Proclamation.

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.

I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the Unites States the Eighty-eighth.

By the President: Abraham Lincoln

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Arrowhead, and Happy Thanksgiving to you all. ((HUGS))

All your preparations under control?

Have a wonderful day with your family.

[Diver Dave]

Thank You, LUV and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

[left that other site]

One of my Favorites!
Happy Thanksgiving, LUV W!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Thanksgiving, Janey...((HUGS))

[MEG33]

Good Evening To The Canteen

Giving Thanks For My Blessings
~Thinking Of Those Far From Home Serving Our Country~

[The Mayor]

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The Joy Of A Generous God
November 22, 2012

Recently I walked into a hotel lobby that featured the largest arrangement of fresh flowers I have ever seen. It was bursting with color, perfectly arranged, and its fragrance was amazing. It stopped me in my tracks, and I lingered for a moment to admire its beauty. It made me think that there is something about abundance that captures our hearts. Think of the inviting beauty of a bowl overflowing with colorful fruit, or a countertop covered with three or four pies ready for enjoyment after a bountiful Thanksgiving meal.

The joy of abundance reminds me of the generosity of God. He makes our cup overflow (Ps. 23:5); He “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think” (Eph. 3:20); His grace is sufficient for any difficulty that life brings our way (2 Cor. 12:9); and it is He who kills the fatted calf and calls for the best robe when the prodigal returns (see Luke 15:20-24). No wonder the psalmist rejoices: “How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house” (Ps. 36:7-8). Our God is abundantly good. Let’s overflow with praise for His many blessings.

Lord, thank You for the reminder that far from
being stingy You bless us with good things in
abundance. Thank You for Your presence and
the comfort of the promises in Your Word.

Keep praising God from whom all blessings flow.

Read: Psalm 36:5-12

They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. —Psalm 36:8

Bible in a Year:
Romans 12-16

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))

Happy Thanksgiving to you and Linda. Gonna have some turkey?

[Arrowhead1952]

Good evening Linda. I talked to my cousin Linda today and we both broke into tears. She is beside herself from the loss of her brother. We hugged each other for quite a time, but the pain will last for much, much longer.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Publius]

For Thanksgiving, I like to listen to the Second Symphony of Charles Ives.

Charlie is best known among financiers as one of the founders of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York. It was Ives who invented the concept of life insurance as a tool of estate planning. He was a busy and successful insurance executive for his almost 80 years of life.

He was a Connecticut man by birth (1874), from Danbury. His father had been a rather dissolute Army bandmaster during the Civil War, and the old man had been court-martialed for drunkenness on more than one occasion. But he gave Charlie a sound foundation in music. The old man would play a tune on the violin in one key, and he expected Charlie to sing along with it one half-tone higher.

Charlie got his music degree at Yale during a period when the department was dominated by Germans. By day he worked in downtown Manhattan in the insurance game, and at night and on weekends he composed. Ives also worked as a church organist in Manhattan and proved to be a gifted arranger of hymns. At night in Manhattan, he would pop in at clubs in Harlem and sit down at the piano and accompany.

Charlie wanted to prove to himself that he could write a Romantic symphony in the tradition of Brahms and Dvorak. His Second Symphony from 1902 contains snippets of those composers plus Wagner, hymns, folk songs, the songs of Stephen Foster, and college tunes from Yale. It was ignored until 1951, when Leonard Bernstein conducted the premiere with the New York Philharmonic. It became a huge hit. Ives listened to it at home by radio and was so moved that he left the room to avoid people seeing him cry.

It’s technically in five movements, but it’s really in three.

The first movement has a long introduction in B minor, followed by a really abrupt modulation to A-flat Major for a movement in sonata format. The introduction features a snippet from Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concerto and another from the finale of Brahms’ First Symphony. You’ll also recognize “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean” on horns against Bach on strings.

The first movement contains references to “Bringing in the Sheaves”, “Where are the Verdant Freshmen”, “Little Brown Jug”, and Wagner’s “Magic Fire Music” from The Valkyrie.

The slow movement in F Major contains snippets of “America the Beautiful”, the slow movement of Dvorak’s Sixth Symphony, and a host of folk tunes and hymns. See if you can spot them!

The finale begins with the same B minor introduction that started the work, but this time it’s drastically abridged. It executes an abrupt modulation to F Major for the finale itself, again in sonata format. This time the snippets quoted come from “Camptown Races”, “Turkey in the Straw”, “Anchors Aweigh”, “Columbia the Gem of the Ocean”, and “Reveille”. At the coda, he plays all these themes on top of each other, and the end is the musical equivalent of an exploding cigar. Audiences laugh and applaud at the same time.

Ives: Symphony #2 (Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Concertbebouw of Amsterdam)

[Arrowhead1952]

Thanks Kathy. We are ready for the “kids” to come home for a few days and then send them back home. To bad they don’t have kids so we can spoil them and send them back home too.

[luvie]

Thank you Dave! :)

[Arrowhead1952]

Good evening Meg and ((((HUGS))). Waiting for the daughter and SIL to get here. Pup is out for now, but waiting for the door to open. Blessings to all the troops and their supporters.

[luvie]

I’m glad you enjoyed it! :)

[Liberty Valance]

Greetings & Salutations

Happy Thanksgiving!

[MoochPooch]

Hi, Kathy. Happy Holiday.

[luvie]

Hi, Arrow....it’s good that you and Linda have each other and can hug and cry together during this incredibly hard and heartbreaking time for the family. God rest her dear brother’s soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Dave, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Turkey at your house? Traveling?

[luvie]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and God bless you and our troops!

[MEG33]

Thank you..I am at my daughter’s..more family coming tomorrow..I am blessed.