er to us as a people leaders of prophetic
understanding, who in an uncertain present fathom the true
inwardness of conditions pregnated with the greatest
possibilities for a future of ever increasing proportions and
realizations.

We thank Thee for the wealth of hope and promise implied in the
dedication and completion of this unparalleled congress of
peace, good will, and universal fraternity, made possible not
only by the enterprise, patriotism, and gratitude of this
splendid Commonwealth and our own entire people, but also by the
responsive, generous, and helpful cooperation of the nations of
the whole world.

We pray for Thy blessing, guidance, and love upon every national
life here represented. May, in Thy beneficent providence, the
inspiring competitions and tournaments so necessary between one
people and another become an ennobling race for a higher culture
of the human heart and mind; a more universal usage of the
forces of nature for the best interests of man and for the full
fruition for each and every one of the unexampled industrial and
commercial activities which has taken possession of the
civilized world.

We pray Thee that the forces ever jointly employed in producing
the advance of a free people may learn better to understand
their mutual relationship.

Liberate and save capital from every alleged and real form of a
grasping, destructive, and disloyal selfishness, which may turn
even the present midday of national prosperity and contentment
into the threatening deepening gloom of an advancing cyclone of
unavoidable loss and destruction.

Give to the possessors of our fabulous wealth an ever-increasing
philanthropy, devoting a surplus of possessions unheard of by
our fathers to education, literature, arts, and mercy, thereby
making themselves the beloved and blessed favorites of a happy
and grateful people.

We pray Thee that labor and toil may ever be held in due honor
and respect in our broad land. Help us to realize that labor, be
it of hand or brains, is the sinews and backbone alike of our
past, present, and future as a free people.

Grant, O God, to the leaders in the world of labor the highest
and most patriotic ideals of citizenship--ideals and purposes
commending themselves to the intelligence and justice of the
entire peop