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Illinois State Dairymen s Association. 



We pray that Thou wilt help all of us in selecting the best 

 things of life, not forgetting the things which pertain to the 

 spirit. Wil't Thou help the tillers of the farms and workers 

 of the dairies to select the best stock and produce the best pro- 

 duct of the farm and dairy. We pray Thou wilt help them also 

 in selecting the very best breed of cattle, that they may not for- 

 get to give to their children all the best advantages in education, 

 founded on principles of the largest usefulness and for the high- 

 est Christian culture. We pray that the things of the spirit, of 

 the moral life, of the Kingdom of God may be supreme among 

 men of all vocations and of all lines of work. We ask that Thou 

 wouldst help us to realize that the work which wc do, of what- 

 ever kind it is, directly influences the moral life, and if the men 

 on the farm and in the dairy are putting into the work honesty, 

 integrity of purpose, and patience of spirit, they are working 

 these very elements into, their own lives. Help us thus to see 

 how the moral life is related to all life and how God is related 

 to us in everything that we do and that whatever we do, do it 

 better to do it honestly and faithfully and carefully and with 

 feeling of Divine love. 



And so we ask Thy forgiveness if we slight our work in 

 any part and wilt Thou forgive us if we are content with results 

 of anything less perfect than the ideal, whether it is in the dairy 

 or in the home or in our individual lives and in the lives of those 

 whom we love? Forgive us if we fail to measure up to our 

 best responsibilities and duties. We pray that Thou forgive all 

 our sins of omission and commission and lead us into the larger 

 life, the life which is held with Christ. These things we ask 

 in the pame of the great Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, 

 Amen. 



The Chairman : — The next is an address of welcome by 

 Hon. J. H. Patterson, Mayor of Marengo. 



