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THEPRESIDENT; The Convention will please come
to order.
The invocation this morning will be offered by
the Reverend Richard C. Hubbard of Grace Methodist Church
in Cambridge.
Reverend Hubbard is Delegate Malkus' Minister.
Reverend Hubbard.
REVEREND HUBBARD: May we bow our heads together.
Eternal God, our Father, Father of all mankind,
we pause this moment at the beginning of another work day
of this Constitution Convention to ask Thy blessing and
Thy guidance upon the work that will be done and upon the
dicated men and women wo will do it.
It is with humbleness and gratitude we realize
the great good fortune that is ours in being citizens of
this free state -- such a strong word to describe our
political entity; freedom for all men, to live, to
work, to speak, to worship.
Over the long years we have lived under a
Constitution that has guaranteed us these vital freedoms.
Now these good people have been long gathered in a great