PAPERS, ADDRESSES AND DISCUSSIONS OFFERED 

 AT VARIOUS MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL INVOCATION AT ANNUAL MEETING. 

 By Rev. E. R. Smith, of Farmington. 



O Lord, our God, thou art very great. Thou art clothed with 

 honor and majesty. Thou coverest thyself with light, as with 

 a garment. Thou stretchest out the heavens as a curtain. 

 Thou makest the winds thy messengers and the flaming fire thy 

 minister. Thou hast laid the foundations of the earth. Thou 

 coverest it with the deep as with a garment. Thou sendest 

 .springs into the valleys to run among the mountains. They 

 give drink to every beast of the field. By them the fowl of the 

 heaven have their habitation. The earth is satisfied with the 

 fruit of thy works. Thou causeth the grass to grow for the 

 <cattle and herb for the service of man. Seedtime and harvest 

 fail not. Thou givest to all their meat in due season. O Lord, 

 how manifold are thy works. In wisdom hast thou made them 

 all. The earth is full of thy riches. Therefore we praise thee, 

 as did one of old, for the precious things of the heavens, and 

 the dew and for the deep which coucheth beneath. For the 

 precious things of the fruits of the sun and for the precious 

 things of the growth of the moons. And for the chief things 

 of the ancient mountains and for the precious things of the ever- 

 lasting hills. And for the precious things of the earth and the 

 fulness thereof. And for the good will of him that dwelt in 

 the bush. 



We praise thee because we may think of thee as over all and 

 in all. and our Father. We invoke thy blessing upon all honor- 

 able industry. We thank thee for the privilege of labor and 

 for the certainty of our being able to work with thee for the 



