O Thou, our Heavenly Father,
Thou who art our dwelling place,
we come to Thee in this sacred and solemn hour.
We would open our hearts
that Thou mayest fill them
with Thy love and Thy grace.

We thank Thee, Father;
for Thy many manifestations
of bounty
and of goodness,
for that which is the highest gift of all,
life,
and of life full of love of life
that may be consecrated to service.

We come to Thee, Father,
in a moment that is inspired
with tender recollections of one of Thy children,
who sat in these halls,
and whose grace of form,
whose grace of speech,
and whose grace of personality
were lent to the dignity and to the honor
of the country.

We thank Thee
for whatever influence Julius Kahn^[1] Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman (R-CA) who was succeeded by his wife Florence Prag Kahn after his death. He has been described by the American Jerusalem as “among the most influential Jews in San Francisco—as well as national–civic life, from the middle of the 19th century into the 1930s.” Today, he is mainly remembered (infamously) as the author of the legislation that ultimately became the “Alien Exclusion Act.” 
was able to render to his country.
We feel that he was always in the line of duty,
and upon the altar of his country
placed the gift of a rich and endowed soul.

We thank Thee
for his leadership in the hour of danger,
and for the numbers of men who rallied
when the call went forth,
who were ready to offer all of their best
to the country.

We thank Thee, Father,
that in this sacred hour
we may rehearse the memory and the deeds
of our friend,
and feel that our life
and our country
are the better
for whatever of service
Thy servant was able to render.

But there comes to us, Father;
something of a solace in the thought that the woman
to whom Julius Kahn gave the wealth of his soul
is to sit here;
and that there will be “voice answering to voice”;
that she will give an unique vitality to his message.
Who can the better take the sting ont of our loss
than the wife herself whose very life
and consecration to duty,
will be the finest of all tributes
to be paid to the memory of her husband.

And, Father, bless this hallowed hour
so that the thought of Thy noble servant
may stimulate us to a deeper earnestness
to our country.

Take into Thy fatherly care
the President of our country,
his Cabinet,
and Congress,
and all those who are charged
with high and solemn duties
for our peace and progress.