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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois: Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting Held at Chicago, October 10, 11 and 12, 1916 Supreme Ruler of the Universe, we would reverently invoke Thy bless ing at this time. Would'st Thou be pleased tog-rant that this meeting thus begun with prayer may be conducted in harmony and closed in peace. We beseech The-e, our Heavenly Father, that Thou would'st grant unto the members of this assembly the true Masonic spirit of brotherly love and truth, and may all of our deliberations during this convention be conducted in that spirit. We beseech Thee, Oh, most great and mighty God, that Thou wilt guide and bless the government under which we live at this time; and, representing as we do the interests of this great state, in this meeting, we pray that Thou wilt bless the President of the United States, and that Thou wilt endow him with wisdom from on High, in order that at this time, when the world4 Proceedings of the [00-tober 10. 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.