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AFTERNOON SESSION

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January 5, 1968 - 1:00 p.m.

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THE PRESIDENT: The Sergeant at Arms will

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clear the aisles and close the doors.

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The Convention will please come of order.

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The invocation today will be offered by the

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Reverend John C. Chapman of Lexington Park Baptist

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Church in Saint Marys County. Reverend Chapman is

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Delegate Dorsey's pastor.

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Reverend Chapman.

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REVEREND CHAPMAN: For our nation and our

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state and our glorious heritage, we lift our hearts unto

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Thee in gratitude. For all who have lived and believed,

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who have loved and given of themselves their time, their

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fortunes, and their lives to make this heritage possible,

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we are grateful.

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Grant unto us, Our Father, a new dedication

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to the proposition that we shall preserve and shall make

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it possible for our posterity to have all of the good

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things that we have received, and now, Father, we invoke

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Thy blessing upon these who come to plan and to give of