READINGS BEFORE THE INVOCATION 



Rev. Franklin R. Elliott 

 Mayflower Congregational Church 

 Billings, Montana 



And God said, 



"Let the waters under heaven 



be gathered together into one place, 



and let the dry land appear." 



And it was so . . . 



The earth brought forth vegetation, 



plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, 



and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed 



each according to its kind. 



And God saw that it was good. 



-Genesis 1 : 9,12 



And Lot, who went with Abram, also had 

 flocks and herds and tents, so that the 

 land could not support both of them 

 dwelling together. 



-Genesis 15: 5-6 



The Lord said to Moses on Moiint Sinai, 



"Say to the people of Israel . . . 



The land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord . . . 



The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, 



For the land is mine." 



-Leviticas 25: 1-2, 25 



A generation goes, and a generation comes, 

 but the earth remains forever. 



-Ecclesiastes 1 : 4 



The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, 

 The world and those who dwell therein. 



-Psalm 24: 1 



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