The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-06-21
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1F4adiey now says the Alabama and
tArizqla contests will be reported al
once al that he will renew, his mo-
tion that none of the seventy-eight
contested delegates be permitted to
vote he says that Root will rule
against him and he will appeal and
ask for a roll call.
When the time came for calling
the convention to order the Gre
dentials committee was not ready to
reports, and Chairman Root confer
red with some OF the Taft leaders
on the platform, while the delega-
tion triedsto bring about general
demonstration but failed.
The credentials committee voted
at,12:2o o'clock to submit to the
convention its report on the Ala
bama contests. The Roosevelt
members tried to delay this action.
Root called the convention to
order at 12:26 o'clock and the Rev.
John Balloon Shaw, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church of this
city, offered prayer.
The Rev. DR.. Shaw's prayer was
as follows:
20 God, the supreme and sovereign
Ruler of the universe, who holdest
sway alike over the lives of men and
the affairs of nation. decreeing abid-
ing success unto those alone whe
submit to Thy control, and, do Thy
will, the God whom our fathers loved
and served and trusted, our own God
also, not W inheritance and tradiS
ton only, but much more by choice
and allegiance, we acknowledge and
adore Thee as the King eternal inn
mortal, invisible, the only wise Cod
whose favor in lice and whose loving
kindness is better than life; VIC
praise Thee for Thy signal goodness
in times past to this our beloved
land. and, conscious Of our profound
need of Thee, we reverently, invoke
Thy gracious presence and benedic-
ton upon our great Republic.
I'VE confess before Thee at this
time our national sins as we'll as
those which we may have personally
commited-ou forgetfulness of Thee
and Thy commandments, our inordl-
nate love of the seen and sordrd, our
| passion for luxury, and our elevation
OF the temporal into the place of
honor and dominion.
Forgive, this Thy people, most
merciful God, and in Thy great love
restore us unto Thy favor and unto
! US the joys of Thy Salvation, defend
| ing us by Thine almighty power and
unfolding us by Thy free spirit.
'set righteousness in command,
we beseech Thee, throughout our
nation. Take from us all national
pride and self-conceit; all boastful-
ness Of wealth and undue depen-
Gence upon the material Grant us
deliverance from war and intemper-
ance, from strife and worldly blind
ness, from commercial dishonesty,
social impurity and political corrup-
ton, and cause the principles of Thy
gospel to- be established and become
regnant in all our domain. Con-
front us more and more with our
high responsibility and enable US, in
faithfulness to the trust which Thou
has committed unto us to be Thy
consistent representative among the
nations of the earth; the agency in
Thy hands of bringing the Kingdom
of God into fulfillment in all the
world.
"And now as here gathered in
national assembly, we the represen-
tatives of an honorable and historic
organization, the deputies of the peo-
pie, and the servants of the King OF
Kings, shall seek to conserve the
future good of our nation and to plan
for it's advancing honor and prosper
ity, so guide Thou our deliberations
and shape our decisions, so sur
charge this convention with Thy
peace, so convey to US the knowledge
of Thy far-seeing, all-wise purpose
and grant us so fully of Thy Holy
Spirit, the spirit of wisdom and un-
derstanding, OF concord and brother
hood, Of purity and equity, that true
to Thy standards. honoring Thy name
and desiring Thy glory, We may al
this present do those things which
please Thee and for which We may
therefore claim in time to come the
seal of Thine approval and the fur.
therance Of Thy help. And unto
Thee, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
one God. blessed forever more, shall
-Ibe ali power. dominion and glory
through Jesus Christ, Thine only be
| potfen Son and mr. only advocata