The Portland daily press., 1869-05-31
Watch where heroes calmly lie,
Clothed with faith and hore sublime.
God OF nations, bless the land.
Thon hast saved to make us freei
Guide us with Thy mighty hand.
frill all lnnda ahau cnnaa Il. t....---.

Guide us with i by mighty hand
Till all lands shall come to THEE.
Rev. Mr.. Frink of Central Church. next
spoke as follows
He never should get over the feeling that he
had never contributed drop of blood or as
sisted with what strength he possessed, to re-
pei and put down the enemies of our common
country. He referred to the Puritans and re-
marked that when they landed they little real
lied they were entering the grandest country
in the world. We give our life blood to pro-
tect the best government, to protect education,
civilization and christian integrity. Never did
we ieel so proud and happy as when we saw
the flag Of our country brought home from the
battle he'd stained by those who had rushed
from the field, the college and the arts, because
they fought for those principles which make
our country the grandest, and causes to flour
ish the grandest principles. He spoke of the
peoples proving at the Grand Army Fair that
they would fulfil their promise to protect the
widow and the fatherless of those who laid
down their lives for their country As long as
we have an army to fight with let us uphold
the old flag and Che principles it denotes, and
have for our motto, "God and our Country
Hymn "God OF our fathers" was then sung
by the audience.
Rev. Mr.. Dalton Of Bishop Burgess Memo
rial Church, next addressed the meeting. He
said:
He remembered the disasters that began the
war, the battle of Bull Run and those that fol-
lowed it; the call for more troops and then the
news that came of glorious victory, and SO
on came news of defeats and victories until
the last grand news of the surrender of Lee.
One of the most touching things at the present
time is to hear every day the widows and chill
dren referring to those they have loved and
lost by this war, showing that their memory is
ed that we have a nationality, and taught for
eign nations how we can be bound together
when our country or the principles on which
the existence of our country depends is attack
ed. When he recalled the acts of heroism per-
formed during the war, he felt the historian
would call this the ''heroic epoch" Of the pres
ent age. We can all remember how interested
we always were in the acts of Putnam and
others in the Revolution, but these acts of he
roism will be remembered even longer. And
he held that the soldiers should be amply re-
warded, and hoped that another grand fair
would never be held, but before it was neees-
sary to hold one let it be found on whom the
responsibility rests to look after them, and then
not help themselves, let such an appeal be
made to government to assist them that it can
not refuse.
The Doxology was then sung by tho congre-
cation, after which the Benedietion was pro-
nounced by Rev. Mr. Thompson, of Westbreok,
and the large audience dispersed
| REMOVAL OF HARBoR DISTRACTIONS Gen.
| Thorn, U. s. Engineer, has just concluded
contract with Messrs. Morris & Co., of New
across the bar to deep water. This contract
provides for a channel beginning near Attain
tic Wharf to deep water opposite Breakwater
Light. 1t is to be 300 feet wide and give twen-
| ty feet Of water at mean low water. This will
give twenty-eight feet at high tide, sufficient
depth to enable the largest ocean steamers to
come up to their docks without difficulty. A
large dredge will be used, sufficiently powerful
| to overcome all obstacles; and when the chan
mel is cut the tides will keep it free owing to
the nature of the bottom formation, which is of
| stiff clay and almost as hard as stone. The
plan has been approved at Washington, and
the work is expected to be finished by the first
of November. The General has just had the
spit removed off the Steamship wharves, SO
that there is depth of twenty feet of water at
this point at low tide.
| OBsEoUIEs. funeral of Stephen Emer-
son, Esq, took place at his late residence on
| Chestnut street, yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock. The services were conducted in the
| house, by by Rev. Mr. Dalton, rector of Bishop
Burgess Memorial Church, and were very fer
vid and impressive At the close of Mr.. Dali
tons remarks the casket was removed to the
sidewalk, where the Odd Fellows services
were conducted by Chaplain Haseltine of that
organization. The Machigonne aud Eastern
Star Encampments, together with the Maine
Lodge-of which deceased was member-of
Odd Fellows, and the Maine Charitable Me-
chanics Association, attended the funeral, the
| different organizations being represented by
295 members. After the services at the house
were concluded the societies escorted the rela-
tives and friends as far as Deering Bridge, on
the way to Evergreen Cemetery, where the re-
mains will be deposited. During the afternoon
the flag on Odd Fellows Hall was suspended
| at half mast.