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they only could have been here how they would have enjoyed meeting many of their friends and acquaintances.
And this, perhaps, will be to many the most interesting feature of the anniversary, - the opportunity of those who have been separated for years to meet one another once more, this meeting of old schoolmates, boys and girls who met, perhaps, the last time when they left school, and for years have been separated in distant parts of the country.
These absent sons and daughters, who have journeyed home long dis- tances, will note numerous changes and improvements which do not attract the attention of those of us who have witnessed their progress. But strangers, who have not been in our city for years, can see changes which we at home hardly realize.
And now, sons and daughters of old Cape Ann, - I cannot address you as absent sons and' daughters, since you are here, - I welcome you to this two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, hoping that wherever your lot in life may place you, you will always. prosper, and always have that loving regard for dear old Cape Ann which you cherish in your hearts to-day as one of the most precious spots on earth.
So, as the chief magistrate of the city, I extend to you, one and all, a hearty welcome home, and offer you the freedom of the city, hoping you may enjoy every moment of your visit here, and may be able to extend your visit here beyond these days of festivities, and that at any future time, when you can make it convenient, you will come to see us again.
Thanking you for your kind indulgence in listening to me, I now wel- come you to old Gloucester.
The next number was two selections by the Watsons. Professor Watson prefaced the playing of " Hymn of Praise " by a few remarks, in which he told of how he came by the Ole Bull violin and gave the his- tory of the violin he used in this selection, which was made from wood from the pulpit of the old Brattle Street Church in Boston. Then came a selection, " Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Waltz," composed by Professor Watson for this occasion, rendered by the Pro- fessor and Miss Annie A. Watson.
Professor Watson was received with an ovation of cheers which were long continued. Each number was encored, and he fairly electri- fied the audience by his marvellous performance.
One of the most interesting features of the occasion was the announcement by Chairman George H. Procter, which was an inter- mission, in which he invited the visiting sons and daughters to get acquainted with those who had remained here at home and helped to make the Gloucester of to-day. He also invited all to come forward and be introduced to Mayor Andrews, whom he conducted to the front of the rostrum.
Then followed a most refreshing season. All was sociability, and
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as the absent sons and daughters came forward and their names were announced, many were the old acquaintances and the old friendships renewed.
The half hour proved to be one of the most enjoyed features of the greatest success of the kind ever known in Gloucester.
After a selection from the opera of " Faust" by the band, Prof. L. C. Elson favored and entertained the audience with a song, "The Banner of the Sea," with original words by himself, which resulted in his receiving an encore. Following are the words : -
Old Gloucester bids a hearty welcome here To sons from every sea, And bids them swell the hearty cheer Of our festivity. The centuries have passed away, And still old Gloucester crowns the bay,
And still there floats in proud array Our banner of the sea.
When Revolution brought its storm of war, And the " Falcon " sailed the sea, The sons of Gloucester manned the shore, And old Cape Ann was free. That freedom never shall be lost While old Cape Ann such sons can boast,
While mans the sea and guards the coast, Our Gloucester by the sea. Shout loud and free, three times three, For Gloucester by the sea.
Mr. Elson sang two sea songs in response to the encore, which were received with shouts of applause by the vast audience.
Professor and Miss Watson then gave "Variations upon an old Scotch Melody," which closed the program. Professor Watson responded to an encore with some ingenious variations on " Yankee Doodle," which were quite pleasing.
The singing of " Auld Lang Syne " by the audience concluded the formal exercises, but a large part of those present remained for social reunion, and it was evident that the evening had been one . long to be remembered by those privileged to be present.
Eight members of the High School battalion acted as ushers, including Capt. William K. Dustin, Capt. Cecil H. Low, Lieut. Clarence Brainerd, Adj. Herbert Smith, Private Babson, Private Ellery, and Ezra L. Phillips of the Naval Battalion.
Tilednesday, August 24.
MORNING. FIREMEN'S PARADE AND BANQUET.
AFTERNOON.
LITERARY EXERCISES AT STAGE FORT.
AFTERNOON. ATHLETIC EVENTS, BRIDGE STREET OVAL.
EVENING. ANNIVERSARY BANQUET, AT CITY HALL.
PARADE, TRIAL, AND BANQUET
ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF GLOUCESTER.
TT was fitting that one day of the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Gloucester should be set apart for the firemen who have borne their part so well in the history of the old town and city.
The executive committee, at one of their first meetings, set apart Wednesday morning as the most appropriate time, and subscribed a goodly sum of money, to which the city government added five hun- dred dollars, and generous amounts were received from many people beside. Early that day crowds lined our streets, and enthusiasm ran high. The firemen were greeted with cheers on every side, as they marched through the crowded streets.
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 1892, the day thus set apart, was a red-letter day in the annals of the department. The preparations, which had been going on for months, were perfect in their way; the weather was perfect, too, and with the exception of an alarm occasioned by a brush fire, as the dinner was about to be served, there was nothing to mar the pleasure of the occasion.
The grand firemen's parade was the principal feature of the day. The line was formed on Pleasant and Middle streets and Dale Avenue, and at 10.40 A. M., two strokes of the fire alarm gave the signal for starting, in the following order : -
ROSTER OF THE PARADE.
Platoon of mounted police, consisting of Capt. GEORGE B. McKENNY, Officers Alonzo B. Chapman, John Karcher, David E. Mehlman, and Frank M. Marsh.
Platoon of Police. Gloucester City Band.
Board of Engineers, -CHARLES S. MARCHANT, Chief ; Joseph M. Marsh, Calvin F. Hopkins, Samuel Montgomery, and William L. Allen.
Bucket Brigade.
Well Curb, representing the ancient method of water supply.
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Hand Engine, No. 1, from Defiance House, thirteen boys.
Hand Engine, No. 2, from School Street House, fifteen boys.
Deluge Engine Company, No. 8, Capt. Elias Davis, thirty men ; Charles A. Harvey, driver.
Bunker Hill Engine Company, No. 4, Capt. Alden O. Gilpatrick, thirty men ; F. E. Harvey, driver.
Lynn Brass Band, twenty-five pieces, E. L. Hatch, leader ; George D. Concord, drum-major.
Chemical Engine, No. 1, Capt. George E. Harraden, six men ; Dwinal Grant, driver.
Col. Allen Hook and Ladder, No, I, Capt. Chester P. Poland, twelve men ; Samuel Ingersoll, driver.
Steamer W. H. T. Jameson, No. 1, Capt. Edward A. Hearn, twelve men ; James P. Nichols, driver.
Hose Wagon, Samuel L. Clark, driver.
Steamer N. M. Jackman, No. 2, Capt. Augustus S. Morehouse, twelve men ; Fred Sawyer, driver.
N. M. Jackman Supply Wagon, James Martin, driver.
Eighth Regiment Band, twenty-four pieces ; R. N. Reinewald, leader. Steamer Bay View, No. 3, Capt. Fitz E. Oakes, Jr., twelve men ; Frank Griffin, driver.
Hose Wagon, Walter Collins, driver.
Guests of School Street Fire Association in carriage, Arthur H. Rowe, driver ; William H. Perkins, honorary member ; John J. Reed, selectman of Waterville, Me .; Seth Wetherbee, electrician, of Boston ; George Sanborn, R. Frank Tibbets.
Steamer Defiance, No. 5, Capt. George H. Friend, twelve men ; John Haskell, driver.
Defiance Hook and Ladder, No. 5, Capt. Charles A. Marr, twelve men ; William H. Robinson, driver.
CHARLES S. MARCHANT, Chief Engineer Fire Department, 1892.
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Gloucester National Band, twenty-four pieces ; A. C. Homans, leader. Chemical Engine, No. 2, Capt. Miller C. Foster, ten men ; James May, driver.
Water Supply, 1892, - Hydrant, George Reed, driver. Wagon with nozzle attached, manned by Fred Varney, Forrest Walen, Herbert Colby, and Charles Douglass.
Fire Boat, Abbott Coffin. Two-horse team in imitation of boat, driven by George F. Sawyer; Raymond Lyle, captain; Oscar Calder, Thomas McDonald, and Ray Corliss.
Patriarchs Militant Band.
Steamer Sandy Bay, No. 1, Rockport, Capt. Andrew Robb, fifteen men. Speedwell Engine Company, No. 2, Pigeon Cove, Capt. C. N. Morgan, fifteen men.
Ipswich Hand Engine Warren, Captain Barton, seventy-five men ; J. W. Carlyle, driver.
Essex Hand Engine Amazon, forty-five men, Epes Sargent, foreman ; Albert F. Nichols, driver.
Ex-CHIEFS AND CHIEFS OF OUT-OF-TOWN DEPARTMENTS, AND INVITED GUESTS IN CARRIAGES.
Mayor Asa G. Andrews, Chief Marshall William H. Jordan, Rev. William H. Rider.
Ex-Chief Thomas M. Proctor, of Essex, George Todd, Simeon A. Burn- ham, Edwin L. Lane, all Ex-Chiefs of Gloucester, Asst .- Chief W. L. Crowe, of Reading.
Alderman Charles H. Gamage, Councilman P. W. Wheeler, Prof. J. Jay Watson, George W. Hatch, New Gloucester, Mayor Converse, of Chelsea.
Charles S. Tappan, Francis Procter, Chief Henry Spencer, of Chelsea, Alderman George H. Morton.
Selectman Alfred S. Jewett, of Manchester, Otis E. Smith, of Rockport, Alderman Adam P. Stoddart and Councilman Silas S. Tarr.
Councilmen G. Wallace Hayden, Edward S. Currier, John C. Hodgdon, and Clerk Alfred F. Stickney.
Councilmen B. Frank Ellery, William F. Moore, Maurice F. Foley, Samuel Smith, 2d.
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George F. Sweetzer, B. W. Merrill, New Gloucester, Me., George W. Knight, Jr., Ex-District Engineer, Newburyport, Fred Robinson, Truck 3, Lynn.
Ex-Alderman D. Somes Watson, Councilmen Joseph B. Maguire, Fred. A. Shackelford, John H. Hawson, William F. Ireland.
Aldermen Nathaniel Maddix, Jr., and Alvah Prescott, George A. Schofield, Walter E. Lord, of Ipswich, A. H. Nevins, of New Gloucester, Me.
Alderman Charles J. Lincoln, Superintendent William F. Francis, Commissioner Joseph H. Daley, Chief of Police John Nicholson, of Pittsfield, Byron S. Flanders, Chief Bureau of Wires, of Boston.
C. L. McCann, H. L. Marston, of Brockton, J. S. Cloverly, of Boston, N. P. Haskell, of New Gloucester, Me., City Clerk John J. Somes, of Gloucester.
Clerk J. W. Newman, Nathaniel Archer, William B. Clark, of Ipswich, Assistant Engineer Prince Ober, of Beverly.
Chief George Cushing, of Hingham, H. R. De Merry, Superintendent Repairs Department, Boston, Capt. F. H. Humphrey, of Newton, Alderman Harvey C. Smith, of Gloucester.
J. W. Cassidy, F. E. Stowell, Chief E. G. Hosmer, of Lowell, Chief J. D. Hilliard, of Provincetown, James M. Gould, of Boston.
District Chief Gaylord, of Boston, Chief James Hopkins, of Somerville,
Ex-Chief C. T. Symmes, of Winchester, Captain Jackson, of Medford, Chief A. C. Symmes, of Medford.
William Brophy, of Boston.
Chiefs L. E. Burnham, of Essex, C. H. Stone, of Manchester, William; A. Arnold, of Salem, John Parsons, of Rockport.
Walter C. Searle, of Chelsea, Benjamin Andrews, of Boston, Arthur H. Bennett, George C. Herrick, Frank A. Bennett, George M. Cleaves, of Beverly, all ex-members.
John E. McCusker, Chief L. C. Reed, City Auditor W. H. Welch, of Newburyport, W. Frank Parsons, and Chester Marr.
Chief Louis P. Webber, Fire Commissioner George H. Innis, of Boston, Chief M. C. Clark, of Newark, N. J., Ex-Chief George S. Willis, of Pittsfield, Ex-Alderman John Q. Bennett.
Everett B. James, E. Frank Stanwood, and Enoch B. Kimball, Selectmen of Essex.
Capt. S. Abbott, Jr., Chief Protective Department of Boston, Chief Charles Downing, of Lynn, Chief Thomas Hough, of Malden, Alderman Erastus Howes, Chairman Committee on Fire Depart- ment.
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Councilmen George H. Martin, James W. Thomas, Alfred Thurston, Capt. J. Godbold, of East Boston, John M. True, of New Gloucester, Me.
Guests of Defiance Steam Fire Association, Benjamin Kinsman, William H. Friend, Samuel V. Colby, William H. Blatchford, Melvin H. Perkins, Melvin Haskell, David M. Hilton, and W. Scott Call.
The route of the procession was as follows : through Prospect, Washington, Foster, Granite, Washington, and Middle streets, Western Avenue, countermarching to Main Street, through Main to East Main, Bass Avenue, Sayward to East Main, Highland, Mt. Pleasant, Chapel, and East Main, Main, Prospect to Dale Avenue, where it was dismissed.
The eighteen fire companies, all with apparatus, and six bands, made a fine appearance in the parade. Most of the machines were gayly decorated with bunting, flags, and flowers, while many of the men wore bouquets and badges ; and the several engine-houses were handsomely decorated with flags, bunting, and appropriate designs.
The decorations along the line of march were numerous and ele- gant, including among other special leading features, a number of old-time fire buckets.
It was a display of fine apparatus, old and new, such as is seldom seen or equalled. The men all presented a neat, tidy, and an altogether fine appearance. The music was unusually good. Near the head of the line was a float, illustrating the water supply of 1642, -a well curb and sweepbucket brigade at one side. Further down the line was another float, illustrating the water supply of 1892, - a hydrant with hose attached, held by four uniformed firemen.
The Essex Company carried the only flag in the procession.
The two hand engines at the head, one made in 1798, and the other several years before, each drawn by a dozen young boys, attracted considerable attention. The Deluge and Bunker Hill, both old hand hand engines, but more modern than the first two, were gayly decorated with flowers, bunting, and flags.
After these came the modern fire-fighting machines, the brightly polished nickel of the steamers flashing in the sun. On each engine were elaborate bouquets, and in most instances, flags and bunting, as well as flowers on the other pieces of apparatus. The Sandy Bay steamer had two of the handsomest bouquets.
Shortly after dismissal, the men formed in line and marched to dinner, which was served by Harvey Blunt, of Boston, in a large tent on the wharf of the Atlantic Halibut Company.
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THE TRIAL OF THE HAND ENGINES
Took place, at the Cut, at 4 P. M., on Dike Street, under direction of Chief Engineer Marchant and his assistants.
Ex-Chief Engineers Edwin L. Lane, George Todd, and Simeon A. Burnham, and Ex-Chief Thomas L. Proctor, of Essex, acted as judges, and two prizes of silver cups bearing the inscription, "Gloucester's Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary, Hand Engine Trial, August 24, 1892," were awarded.
Each engine played through two hundred feet of hose, water being supplied from a hogshead which was kept filled from a hydrant. Each engine was allowed fifteen minutes for play.
The Bunker Hill was the first to play, and reached a distance of one hundred and sixty-three feet from the nozzle on the first trial, and was progressing admirably on a second trial when one of the brakes was broken, throwing her out of further trial.
The Deluge came next, but was only awarded one hundred and fifty-one feet six inches, though the spectators and one of the judges claimed that she was entitled to some eight or ten feet more, but the actual distance, if any, could not be ascertained, and she was unable to reach the disputed spot on a second trial.
The Amazon, of Essex made a third trial, and, though the smallest engine in the contest, threw a stream one hundred and eighty-seven feet and four inches, and was given the second prize.
The Warren, of Ipswich, made the last, and amid the cheers of the crowd threw a solid stream beyond the paper laid by the judges, and was allowed one hundred and eighty-seven feet and five inches, easily winning the first prize.
Following the contest for the prize cups, an exhibition of the old hand engines, which were manned by boys, was given.
Engine No. 1, exhibited by the Gloucester Steam Fire Association (School Street), took the first trial, and threw a stream of eighty-four feet.
The old-time crank engine, exhibited by the Defiance Company, came next, and though having only a piece of hose a few feet long, the hosemen standing on the engine, the stream reached a distance of eighty-nine feet and five inches.
Throughout the celebration the firemen kept open house, and gladly welcomed the citizens and visitors. No event of the celebration attracted more attention, nor was better carried out than the parade, banquet, and trial contest of the Fire Department.
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ROLL OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, 1892.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Chief. - CHARLES S. MARCHANT.
Clerk. - SAMUEL MONTGOMERY.
Assistants. - JOSEPH M. MARSH, CALVIN F. HOPKINS, SAMUEL MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM L. ALLEN.
STEAMER W. H. T. JAMESON, No. I.
Edward A. Hearn, Edward A. Somes, William E. Tucker, Walter C. Babson, Joseph Babson, Francis Davis, Fred M. Burnham, Howard Foster, Thomas O'Maley, James P. Nichols, Charles O'Maley, John Coull, Melvin E. Shackelford.
STEAMER N. M. JACKMAN, No. 2.
Augustus S. Morehouse, Charles O. Marston, Henry Burns, Aaron Sawyer, James F. Corliss, Henry A. Calder, Jason C. Dade, Joseph Norwood, John McDonald, George H. Spates, Ira W. Lyle, Ozro F. Dagle.
STEAMER BAY VIEW, No. 3.
Fitz E. Oakes, Jr., J. Frank Ford, Joseph S. Marchant, J. Thomas King, Fitz W. Bridges, Charles W. Crowe, Prince Goodwin, Arthur H. Rowe, Alfred P. Gorman, Charles F. Pierce, Howard H. Oakes, Frank Griffin, Alfred O. Dench.
STEAMER DEFIANCE, No. 5.
George H. Friend, William Joseph, Frank L. Thomas, Henry A. Cook, George W. Tuck, Parker Marr, Edwin B. Pew, Daniel F. Smith, Frank S. Watson, Willis E. Stockbridge, James Phalen, Ray S. Friend, John Lynch, John Haskell.
BUNKER HILL ENGINE, No. 4.
John Daggett, Ambrose Jones, Jr., James L. Marchant, Benjamin A. Berry, Jr., Joseph W. Kimball, Cleveland P. Marchant, George E. Berry, Horatio G. Marchant, Costello D. Gott, Allen B. Robinson, Edgar Andrews, Henry C. Tucker, Frank Cook, George H. Butler, William H. Marchant, David Glover, Clarence N. Hanscomb, William Todd, Fred G. Butler, William H. Poland, George E. Kimball, Charles Ewens, Otis E. Robinson, William E. Elwell, Joseph Geary, Briggs O. Gilpatrick, William S. Kerr, Peter Gordon, Kilby S. Marchant, Frank Gott.
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CHEMICAL ENGINE, No. I.
George E. Harraden, Charles W. Parrot, Charles H. Sawyer, Dwinal Grant, Samuel W. McQuin, Cornelius F. Strong.
CHEMICAL ENGINE, No. 2.
James May, Charles Story, Miller C. Foster, Lafayette F. Hunt, Oscar Story, George P. Staples, David Worth, Thomas Marshall, Edward Symonds, Henry W. Brown.
COL. ALLEN HOOK AND LADDER, No. I.
Chester Poland, Charles H. Day, Stephen McGinnis, John J. Ropper, Joseph Gorman, Epes M. Parkhurst, Jr., Charles C. Day, George A. Smith, Daniel McDonald, Daniel M. Favor, Samuel Ingersoll, Benjamin O. King, Roscoe Saunders.
DEFIANCE HOOK AND LADDER, No. 5.
Charles A. Marr, Howard Merry, Lorenzo Beaman, Patrick Fin- negan, Peter F. Walsh, George Deveau, Ralph Marr, William M. Gaffney, Jr., Nathaniel A. Adams, Vinson Malonson, James U. Cran- ton, Augustus Hobart, William H. Robinson.
LANESVILLE ENGINE, No. 7.
James A. Stackpole, George Knowlton, Nathaniel Sprague, Cyrus L. Sargent, Daniel F. Dade, Benjamin F. Bowden, Joseph Mclellan, Charles Young, Henry H. Lucas, Newell Peavey, Sidney R. Harvey, Rufus McLellan, Albert Morgan, Ward H. Lane, R. Albert Saunders, Daniel L. Kendall, Charles A. Piper, Alfred W. Riley, Elbridge Young, William R. Cheeves. Emerson Saunders, Alphonso McLellan, G. Wal- lace Hayden, David Steer, Bryce E. McLellan, John C. Hodgdon, Fred Piper, George Peavey, H. L. Taylor, William E. Riley.
DELUGE ENGINE, No. 8.
John Chapple, Elias Davis, Jr., Frank B. Parsons, Walter S. Moses, Roscoe E. Ricker, Frank Chard, Arthur Bragdon, Fred Parsons, Frank Harvey, . Clarence T. Davis, Sebastian Davis, Otis Davis, William Chard, Daniel W. Sylvester, James E. Griffin, Alphonso Lurvey, William H. Jewett, Charles Harvey, Ernest C. Bragdon, Alvah Griffin, Frank Brown, Bradley Huff, Almon Davis, James E. Griffin, Edward Harvey, John E. Stanwood, Edward H. Griffin, James E. Wheeler, Eben H. Davis.
Roger Conant House (first house erected in Gloucester at Stage Fort, 1623). Stage Fort (first settlement of Gloucester, 1623).
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LITERARY EXERCISES.
T "HE literary exercises were held at Stage Fort in the mammoth tent which had been erected there. The tent was one hundred and twenty feet long by sixty feet wide, and seated twenty-five hundred people. It had been beautifully decorated with flags and bunting and the platform was trimmed with potted plants, palms, and flowers. Being floored over, it made an ideal place for this purpose. A throng of people filled the space, both on the platform and floor. The com- mittee on these exercises were all present. His honor, Mayor Andrews, presided, calling the people to order at 2 o'clock. After an overture, "The Queen's Secret," Thomas, by the orchestra, the following prayer was offered by Rev. James C. Parsons, of Greenfield, Mass. : -
O thou Infinite and Eternal God, unchangeable amid all our changes, who seest the end from the beginning, who unfoldest all things in thy perfect purpose and shapest the destinies of men and nations, we bow before thee in every great event of thy providence, acknowledging thy wisdom and thy power, and calling upon souls and all that is within us, to praise and magnify thy holy name.
To thee our fathers looked ; in thee they trusted, as they sought a new home on these rugged shores of the homeless sea. They knew not the issues of the future, but they put their confidence in thee, for the protection of them- selves and of their children after them. Impress us with the lesson of those early days. May we enter, by imagination, into sympathy with their manifold hardships and trials. May we live over with them again, in the spirit, that life of daily struggle, of patience, of contentment with their hard lot, of humble aims and ideals, and of slow progress toward better things.
Unfold again the drama of the centuries before our eyes, and enable us to see, with the succeeding generations, the growth of a mighty nation, on the surrounding continent, not by their own right hand, O God, but by thy providence, and by them, as instruments in thy purpose, was wrought the wondrous change in which we stand and live and move this day. Help us to contrast the life that was with the life that is, and to see how, out of such small beginnings has come the richness and the fulness, the comforts and conveniences, the knowledge and the institutions, the arts and the luxuries, which now surround us on every side.
O God, suffer not that we who share in the rich results of their faithful- ness should fail to share also in their faith and their endurance. Renew in us the civic virtues of those older days. Keep ever before us the high ideal of our humanity, - that a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth, nor in the magnitude of his achievements, but in
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his likeness to thine image. Help us to be true to that image in ourselves and in others ; to live for integrity, purity, and charity, for helpfulness between man and man, for the common good of all, for the carrying of manhood to ever nobler heights of knowledge, excellence, and power. May we join with the generations that are past, and the generations to come, in laying the founda- tions of that great Christian republic, whose future glory it is beyond the imagination of man to conceive. And when another quarter-millennium shall have run its course, may there be no worthier representative of that republic, than this fair city by the sea.
Be with us, by thy spirit, in all the exercises of this occasion. With gratitude for the way in which thou hast led us in the past, and with trust in thy protection and guidance in the future, may we renew our allegiance unto thee, in whom only is our hope and our salvation. And to thy name be the praise, world without end. Amen.
Kellar's " American Hymn " was then sung by a chorus of three hundred trained voices under the direction of Prof. Austin A. Spauld- ing, director of music in the public schools of the city. Mayor Andrews, in a brief address, extended the welcome of the city to this anniver- sary. An original ode by the venerable James Davis, Esq., Judge of the Police Court, entitled "Wake, Fair City," was read by Rev. William H. Rider and sung to the tune "Hail Columbia."
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