PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Indiana Horticultural Society. 



Midsummer Meeting at Pendleton, 

 august 4 and 5. 



1903. 



MORNING SESSION. 



Tuesday, August 4, 10:30 a. m. 

 The meeting was called to order by its President, Warder W. Stevens, 

 of Salem. Indiana, who said: 



We are now ready to begin this meeting. It seems that our Commit- 

 tee on Music has not arranged any music for us this morning, so we will 

 first have the invocation by A. W. Shoemaker. 



Mr. A. W. Shoemalier: Our Father and our God. as we begin the 

 session and services of this hour we thinli it meet and fitting that we 

 should call upon Thy most excellent name to thank Thee for the blessings 

 that have been received from Thy hands, and to petition that Thy care 

 and guidance shall be over us and shall direct us in these sessions today 

 and tomorrow. As we come before Thee, our dear Heavenly Father, may 

 we have a sense of our dependence upon Thee, and the necessity of having 

 our Father's direction. We know that we strive in vain without Thee, 

 and we must not forget Thee. Tliou sondest tlie simshine and rain down 

 on the harvest to mature the crops. Grant that we may remember that 

 we are working together with Thee, and in Thy name, and grant that 

 we may have a sense of dependence upon Thee. Direct us to Thy name's 

 honor and glory, and when death claims us may we be prepared to enjoy 

 Thee forever. Amen. 



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