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bring abundant fruit upon our community and that is all we can 

 wish for. Now you all know we may work and still not have 

 the success we desire ; we may farm and toil and if God does not 

 send sunshine and rain it is all in vain. We may build, but if 

 we build without God then is it all in vain. It is of the greatest 

 importance to have God's blessing and so that this your thirty- 

 second session of the Illinois Dairymen's Association may bring 

 much fruit, abundant fruit, I ask you to rise and say with me : 



In the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost : 

 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed 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 trespasses, 

 and as forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into 

 temptation but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, 

 the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 



The President : — We will not listen to an address of welcome 

 by Mr. Bissell. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



Mayor Bissell, Effingham, III. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — 



I will take up your time just for a few minutes. I wish to 

 extend to you a hearty welcome from us all, and I assure you 

 it is a hearty welcome. 



I understand they are milking cows by machinery now. I 

 am told there will be one here operated by a gasoline engine at 

 this association, and I am anxious to see it. 



You have quite a full program so I will not take up your 

 time, but just wish to extend to you our heartiest welcome. I 

 thank you. 



