10 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN S ASSOCIATION. 



PRAYER. 



Rev. Mr. Bodman, Rockford. 



O Lord, who art the source of all life and the source of all 

 truth, in whom are held all the treasures of wisdom and knowl- 

 edge, bless us, we beseech Thee, that are weary that we may find 

 the light and the truth and the life that are in Thee. Defend us 

 from insatiable hunger of the human mind for knowledge, truth 

 and life. 



We thank Thee for the degree of truth already acquired by 

 man. We thank Thee for its numerous achievements in the past 

 and for the present. We thank Thee that Thou hast stirred up 

 the human heart to seek better ways of doing things, more effic- 

 ient ways, ways which give to us an outer result which is better 

 but which give to us an inner result in the developing of our fac- 

 ulties. 



W T e pray that the lives of our fellow men may be precious in 

 our sight ; that the day may come when the different classes of 

 laboring men may look upon one another less and less as rivals, 

 and more and more as friends. 



Bless, we beseech Thee, the sessions of this convention, may 

 they be pleasant and profitable to us. Then send us forth, we 

 beseech Thee, to our various activities to further this word and 

 thy Kingdom that to all men may see a brighter and better day. 

 We ask this in Thy mercy, through Jesus Christ, Amen. 



The President : — 



In locating our meeting this year, there were two cities 

 which desired it, — one was Elgin, my native home, and one was 

 this beautiful city. I am never, in a sense, a fighter, especially 



