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Full view - 1901 - 77 pages |
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ReviewsWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.Write review Common terms and phrasesabnegating abolitionist accomplished acter ADDRESS OF REV Adin Ballou believed Adin Ballou Memorial ALEXANDER WILDER ALFRED H anti-slavery apostle associated autumn of 1898 Ballou homestead behold it say believed beneficent Berlin Blackstone bless Board of Park Boston Brooklyn brother Cambridge College Canada career of Adin character CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM church City and Milton come Commandery COMMEMORATIVE EXERCISES consecrated DEAR dedication DEDICATORY AND COMMEMORATIVE distin divine Dorchester Draper earth effigy endeavors England erected esteemed eternal eulogy exercises EXERCISES AT HOPEDALE faith Father fellow-men fitly chosen form of wrong founder friends gospel granite heart heavenly vision here to honor HEYWOOD Heywood and myself holy honor Hopedale and elsewhere Hopedale Community human immortal impressed influence inspiration John W knew Knight Templar labors Leprosy LEWIS G LEXINGTON living mammon manhood mankind MASSACHUSETTS MEADVILLE Memorial of Adin Mendon Church ment Milford monument monument to Adin moral never noble Non-Resistance occasion OCTOBER 27 Ordway Partridge Park Commissioners Peace peace and arbitration Peace on earth persons persons conscientiously opposed PHILANTHROPIST physician Practical Christian praise present President privilege prophets reaches its culmination realization Rede Hall reforms regard reverence rial righteousness sculptor slavery social socialistic society son of God souls spirit statesman statue sublime sulting Tebb's Testi theories and plans things thou didst bless thought tion to-day town of Hopedale tribute true truth united in singing Universal Peace Union unveiling Vaccination versal village vision visit to Hopedale whom whose William Ordway Partridge William Tebb Worcester County words wrought his chief yonder statue York City Popular passagesFrom all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more. Page 68 Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, P Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear forevermore the curse of Cain... Page 43 Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise. Page 43 Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Page 66 God who receives such devotion, to the exclusion of natural demand and spiritual anxieties, why does not this tailor ' let his light so shine before men that they may see his good works, and glorify his Father which is in heaven? Page 49 Ere mature manhood marked his youthful brow He sought our altar and he made his vow — Upon the tesselated floor he trod, Bended his knees and placed his trust in God ! Through all his great and glorious life he stood A true, warm Brother, foremost e'er in g od. His ready word a testimony bore, Ennobling e'er th« apron that he wore ; And when he died, amid a nation's gloom, His mourning Brethren bore him to the tomb... Page 58 What has drawn us thus apart, From the common daily round, Bringing here a lowly heart, Standing as on holy ground? Not the scorn of humble things, — Simplest tasks that love can find ; Not the pride of thought that brings Laggard will and restless mind. Nay ; but here upon the height, Rapt from idle cares away, Fain our souls would see a light, Herald of the coming day : Morning visions high and pure, Glorious things that are to be, Faith and... Page 17 He will judge among the nations, and rebuke many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Page 66 Morgan; for your work lasts, and your wealth stays, being in coin that passes current in two worlds, "that which now is and that which is to come. Page 68 More book information |