ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



25 



PROCEEDINGS 



—OF THE— 



Twenty-Fourth Annual Session 



—OF THE- 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 



November 19 and 20, 1914, 



AX THE SXATE HOUSE. 



The 24th Annual Meeting of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 was held in the State House at Spring- 

 field, Illinois, November 19 and 20, 1914. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 the President, Mr. E. J. Baxter, at 10:30 

 a. m., November 19th. 



Reverend Donald C. MacLeod offered 

 the prayer as follows: 



Let us all bow before God. 



Almighty God, Thou doest Thy will 

 among the hosts of heaven and Thou 

 rulest also among the inhabitants of 

 the earth. 



We rejoice that Thy sovereignty is 

 wisdom, righteousness, goodness and 

 love. Thou doest all things according 

 to Thine own will and Thou doest all 

 things well. 



We rejoice. Oh, God, in Thy sov- 

 ereignty. We bow before Thy throne, 

 and we would respond with our hearts 

 and also with our lips to the great 

 words of Thy Son, our Savior — Thy 

 will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 



We pray thee. Oh, God, to so control 

 the deliberations of these men here as- 

 sembled that everything shall be done 

 to Thy name's honor and glory. We 

 pray Thy blessing. Oh, God, upon the 

 enterprise throughout the state in 

 which these men are engaged. 



We beseech Thee, Oh, God, to prosper 

 them in all that they shall undertake 

 to do — that it shall be pleasing in Thy 

 sig^t. 



We pray Thy blessing on all the 



righteous enterprises of this city and 

 all our cities. We pray thee. Oh, God, 

 to smile upon us as a nation with the 

 smile of Thy approval, so that as a 

 people we shall be workers together 

 with God and be a nation whose God 

 is the Lord, a people whom He has 

 chosen for His own" inheritance. 



To this end we pray Thy blessing 

 upon the President of the United 

 States, the Cabinet and Congress, and 

 upon all the great institutions of our 

 country, our army, and navy. We pray 

 Thy blessing. Oh, God, upon the Gov- 

 ernor of this state and upon our legis- 

 lature that is about to convene, and 

 upon our citizenship. Grant, Oh, God, 

 that our citizenship as well as our 

 leaders shall be responsible citizens 

 and leaders, doing the will of God — so 

 shall Thy Kingdom come, and we shall 

 enjoy prosperity and peace and right- 

 eousness and the blessing of a loving 

 heavenly Father. 



We commend ourselves to Thee, Oh, 

 God, in this Convention, believing that 

 if we commit our ways to God He will 

 bring good to pass, making our right- 

 eousness to shine as the noonday sun. 



Our Father, who art in heaven, hal- 

 lowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom 

 come. Thy will be done on earth, as it 

 is in heaven. Give us this day our 

 daily bread; and forgive us our debts, 

 as we forgive our debtors. And lead 

 us not into temptation, but deliver us 

 from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, 

 and the power, and the glory, forever. 



President Baxter — The next number 

 will be the welcome address by the 



