Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission — John Shaqi
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition CommissionLouisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
We are all proud of our American citizenship. Let us leave this
place with this feeling stimulated by the sentiments born of the
occasion. Let us appreciate more keenly than ever how vitally
necessary it is to our country's weal that everyone within its
citizenship should be clean minded in political aim and
aspiration, sincere and honest in his conception of our
country's mission, and aroused to higher and more responsive
patriotism by the reflection that it is a solemn thing to belong
to a people favored of God.
Eighth. "America," with full chorus and band accompaniment.
Ninth. Prayer by Bishop E.R. Hendrix:
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we devoutly thank and worship
Thee, the Author of our being, and the gracious source of all
our blessings. We are because Thou art; and Thou hast made us in
Thy image capable of fellowship with Thee and delighting in a
fellowship with one another as we resemble Thee. Thou hast given
us our reason and the power of cooperation with one another in
all worthy ends looking to the well-being of our race.
Civilization with its conquests over the material world is
possible only with Thy aid. Christianity with its conquests over
evil is the work of God and man, as Thou dost call us to be Thy
fellow-workers and dost inspire us with courage and faith.
This wonderful achievement of human effort and skill which we
dedicate this day is possible only by Thy help and as we have
imitated Thy example. Thou art the great Architect and Builder.
Thou art the great Mathematician and Engineer. Thou art the
great Chemist and Electrician. Thou art the great Thinker and
Artist. Our works are but pale and feeble copies of Thine, and
are possible only because Thou workest until now and dost bless
our works. The uniformity of Thy laws bids us work in
confidence, and the unity of nature bids us work intelligently,
because we work with Thee. We praise Thee for thy growing
confidence in man, as Thou dost place in his hand the keys of
every laboratory and dost trust him with the secrets of nature
that have been hid from the foundation of the world. Again Thou
dost give man dominion, whether in science, or art, or
government, nor wilt Thou remove his scepter if he wield it for
the betterment of his kind and for Thy glory. As the high priest
and interpreter of nature may he prove worthy of his great
trust.
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