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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Introduction: the spirit of nationality (search)
tion by a eulogy conceived in the most magnanimous temper and closing with a plea for a fuller understanding and a closer union. How quickly the prayer was being answered appeared in 1876. The hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence was celebrated by the International Industrial Exhibition at Philadelphia. The honor of writing the official cantata for this national occasion was conferred upon the Southern poet, Sidney Lanier. The cantata, composed for Dudley Buck's music, was sung in the open air, by a chorus of many hundred voices, and with the accompaniment of a majestic orchestra. Daniel Coit Gilman thus describes the occasion: The devotional exercises awakened no sentiment of reverence. At length came the cantata. From the overture to the closing cadence it held the attention of the vast throng of listeners, and when it was concluded loud applause rang through the air. A noble conception had been nobly rendered. The same glorification of A
History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904, Anniversary exercises, Wednesday , February 17 (search)
Anniversary exercises, Wednesday evening, February 17 Order of service 1. Organ prelude ............................Buck 2. Invocation. Rev. H. D. Maxwell. 3. Anthem—The Lord is my Light.Horatio Parker 4. Bible reading. Rev. F. A. Gray 5. Prayer. Rev. Charles A. Skinner. 6. Address—Charles Tufts. Rev. E. H. Capen, D. D. 7. Historical address. John F. Ayer 8. Anniversary hymn—Cross Street, C. M., F. M. Hawes 9. Address. Rev. Charles Conklin. 10. Address. Rev. Charles A. Skinner. 11. Anthem—Rock of Ages..........Dudley Buck 12. Greeting from the Winter-hill Universalist Church. Rev. F. A. Gray. 13. Greeting from the West Somerville Universalist Church. Rev. William Couden. 14. Address. Rev. L. M. Powers. 15. Hymn No. 609. 16. Organ postlude ...........................Reed Extract from address Rev. E. H. Capen, D. D., President of Tufts College After the death of Charles Tufts, I made several calls on Mrs. Tufts,