PAPERS, ADDRESSES AND DISCUSSIONS OFFERED 

 AT VARIOUS MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL INVOCATION. 



PRAYER BY REV. GEORGE MERRIAM OF SKOWHEGAN. 



All wise God, our Father, we thank thee that thou art the 

 same yesterday, today and forever. We thank thee for thy 

 mercies which have come to us during these past months, and 

 it is with grateful hearts that we bow here before thee near the 

 close of this year. Thou knowest, Father, that we have plowed 

 the fields and scattered the seeds ; thou has given us the cold and 

 the heat, the dry and the wet ; thou hast given us days of cold- 

 ness and days of sunshine, and Father, thou hast spokqi and the 

 seeds have grown, the trees have borne their fruits and the 

 flowers have blossomed in all their great beauty. And Father, 

 we desire to thank thee for thy manifold kindnesses unto us, the 

 children of men. Thou knowest. Lord, how many of us really 

 are grateful for thy mercies, but thou remainest the same ; and 

 this morning, our Father, we turn to thee, praying that thou wilt 

 accept our thanks for the blessings which have come to us. We 

 thank thee, Father, for the fruitage of the trees, for the blos- 

 soming of the flowers. We thank thee. Father, for the harvest 

 time of the year. We pray that thou wilt today let thy blessing 

 rest upon this society which now meets. We pray that thou 

 wilt bless the President and all officers connected with this soci- 

 ety. We pray that thou wilt grant that this organization may 

 be the means of helping forward the great interests of those who 

 toil on the farms. O Lord, we thank thee for what thou art 

 doing in helping us in our farm work, and we pray, O God, that 

 thou wilt accept our thanks for these many mercies. 



