Excerpt from Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Convention of the American Banker's Association: Held at St. Louis, Missouri, September 22d, 23d and 24th, 1896; With the Constitution and by-Laws and Appendices; Also Lists of Officers and Members of the Association O God, bless our country! Be its guide in these turbulent days. But one generation ago an attempt was made by sordid selfishness to split it into a north and a south. But Thy Providence killed the greedy serpent of secession and saved the Union. In this generation the signs Of the times admonish us that sordid selfishness would again break the noble Union into an east and a west. O Lord, avert such a calamity! We rejoice in the goodly measure of power that morality and law have over our people, indicating itself as it has in the nomination of candidates for the presidency who are men of whom the nation is justly proud. Give unto us, O God, a happy issue out Of all the present national perplexities, and may our Government stand through the ages to come, the exponent of Thy will in the world, the executor of Thy decrees. To this end may the Gospel of Christ have its due place and power in the hearts of the people. All of these bless ings we ask in the name of our Saviour Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.