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THE PRESIDENT: The Sergeant at Arms will clear

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the aisles and close the doors.

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The Convention will please come to order.

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The invocation today will be offered by the

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Reverend Bruce K. Price, delegate to this Convention.

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Reverend Price.

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DELEGATE PRICE: May we pray.

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We thank Thee, 0 God, for the privilege of bear-

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ing witness in this terrific generation in which our lives

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are set. We thank Thee for the faith of our fathers living

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still — the most precious thing we have received from the

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past — the most precious thing we have to pass on to those

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who come after us.

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To be alive is to participate in drama. Yet,

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as individuals, we confess that we have not always played

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our parts with grace. We have called things God which are

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not God. We have worshipped at the wrong altars. We have

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burned incense at the wrong shrines. We have not loved

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when we have been loved. We have not trusted each other

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when we have been entrusted with life by Thee. We have

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refused to accept wholeheartedly the good intent of others