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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 phrasesabolitionist accomplished acter ADDRESS Adin Ballou Memorial admiration ALFRED H Apostle associated beautifying believed beloved bless Board of Park Brooklyn brother brotherhood cause character church commemorative consecrated dear dedication divine Draper earth endeavors endure enterprise erected esteemed eternal exercises faith Father fellow-men founder friends gratitude grounds heart heaven Heywood holy honor Hopedale Community human impressed influence inspiration interest knew Knight Templar labors Lad1es Leprosy living manhood mankind Memorial of Adin ment mind monument moral movement nations never noble Non-Resistance occasion OCTOBER 27 Ordway Partridge Park Commissioners Peace Union persons Practical Christian praise present President principles privilege purpose realization reforms regard reverence righteousness sculptor slavery social society souls spirit stand statue things thought tion to-day town of Hopedale tribute true truth Universal Peace Union unveiling Vaccination village William Ordway Partridge William Tebb Worcester Worcester County words 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 |