Excerpt from Fifty-Eighth Grand Annual Communication, Held at Chicago, October 5, 6, and 7, 1897: Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Our. Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy king dom come, Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debt ors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. The Grand Secretary announced that the Committee on Credentials had informed him that a constitutional num ber of lodges was represented, and asked for the committee further time to complete its report, which was granted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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