THE UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL TABLET TO WORLD WAR HEROES
Invocation offered at the Dedication of the Memorial Tablet by Reverend
Beverley D. Tucker, Jr.
Almighty and everlasting God who art the author and giver of life, and who
in all the ages past hast inspired the sons of men with a sense of their heritage
to become sons of God; we yield Thee hearty thanks for this our Alma
Mater, who under Thy divine guidance has been a maker and molder of men.
We give Thee thanks for our fathers who, in a former day, went forth
from this place to give their lives for home and country. We give Thee
thanks for these our brothers who, in this latter day, went forth in this same
exalted spirit that freedom might not perish from the earth. We commend
them, O God, to Thy fatherly care and protection, and pray that their
names emblazoned here may shine in our hearts as the stars forever, that the
cause for which they died may yet through us prevail.
O Thou strong Father of all nations, draw all Thy great family together
with an increasing sense of our common blood and destiny, that peace may
come on earth at last, and Thy sun may shed forth its light rejoicing on a
holy brotherhood of peoples.
We ask it all in the name of Him, who is the perfect Son of Man and
the eternal Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
