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i PROCEEDINGS
THE PRESIDENT: The Sergeant at Arms will clear
the aisles and close the doors.
The Convention will please come to order.
j The invocation this morning will be offered by
the Reverend William M. Driscoll, Chaplain of loyola College
in Baltimore. Father Driscoll.
REVERENP PPISCOLL: 0 Gor*, Infinite Lecrislator
and Supreme Puler, all power is from You and denends on
You, and whatever is wise and just in our human laws is
but a small reflection of Your eternal wisdom. Send us
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Your aid, we pray, in the discharge of the grave responsi-
bility this Convention has in framing a Constitution for
our Maryland citizenry.
Grant us the intelligence to understand our task;
objectivity and sound realism to perceive the best; impar-
tiality to work for the good of all. Grant us loyalty to
our people, to ourselves, to truth and honesty, and to You.
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In calm deliberation may we frame our resolution?
in rectitude, and let them be an imitation of vour Provi-
dence which governs all things or -'." wo"" "ir- n pgch
of us and all men.