St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-20
BEGINNING OF BUSINESS.
Cha irman Jones Calls the Clans
TO Order and Rev. Frank Gun
canine Drarc fO, Than,


to Order and Rev. Frank Gun
saulus Prays for Them.
Special to the GLOBE.
CHICAGO, June 19.-At 1890 p. m. all
the delegates were in their seats, and
Chairman B. f. Jones, of the national
committee, looked out over the sea of
delegates and up at the tiers of specta-
tors as if he thought it was about time
to commence. Another minute elapsed
before he acted, but at 1921 the gavel
fell, and Chairman Jones announced
that the proceedings would begin. He
said: "The convention will come to
order, and will be opened with prayer
by Rev. Fra nix w. Gunsaulus, of Plym-
outh Con gregational church, Chicago"
Rev. Mr.. Gunsaulus addressed the
Throne of grace as follows: ''Let us
unite in prayer. Almighty God, our
Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for
the peri ections of the Divine govern
ment, and rejoice in all Thy mercies,
and i'll all Thy love to the children of
men. We give Thee our gratitude at
this time that Thou hast guided our
nation by the powers of the Holy Spirit,
and that Thou are giving unto us now
SUCH STARS OF HOPE
in the sky of our thought and purpose.
We thank thee this morning, o God, for
the history which has eliminated into
this hour, and we rejoice for all that
thou hast done by thy providence
through the great organization whose
representatives are here assembled.
We thank thee, our Heavenly Father,
for the courage and heroism, for the in
telligence and conscience that have,
under these banners of the Republican
party. gone forward to the conquest of
new realms to the enlargement of hui
man life. And we ask thee to-day, O
God, to give us such advice and true
vision of the future that all this great
past may be kept forever pure and for
ever safely. We thank thee, o God, for
the promise of the .present as we'll as
for the glories of the past. We thank
thee for the majesty of the law. We
thank thee for the inspiration of liberty.
We thank thee for all the forces of loy-
atty that are ready to
LEAP TO THE FRONT
at the command of great ideas in our
land, and we pray Thee that this con-
vention may be so dominated by lofty
purposes and so ruled by great truths
that in its large work for days to come
it may do much to the glory of God and
for the good of man. We ask Thy
blessing to-day upon all these delegates.
We beseech Thee for Thy holy spirit
for them that they may act according to
the inspirations of God. We pray Thy
blessing for all the leaders of this party
at home and abroad. We ask Thy
blessing for those who stand in high
places of government that they may be
cheered by the inspirations and meth
ods, and held by the power of the living
God. We pray Thy blessing to-day
upon that great soldier,
THE CAPTAIN OF OUR ARMIES,
who lies so near to death. o, Lord.
touch him tenderly by Thy hand; COM
fort him by Thy spirit and restore him
to the nation that loves him, to health
o Lord, to receive our gratitude for the
cross of Jesus Christ. We thank Thee
that the fag-that the stars and stripes
has been held so near to Thy cross;
that there are in our land, in its at
mosphere, the hopes of equal rights for
all men. We pray Thee that wherever
this cross has not won its perfect vic
tory for equal rights for black and white
aud bond and free, that the largest tri-
umph may come. We ask Thee for Thy
blessing upon this convention, that its
work may be done for the glory of the
cross and the triumph of its principles,
and we will give Thee all the honor and
glory at last in the city of our God
through ChIiSt Jesus, our Lord. Amen.