Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-18

IIOt lItdI W i1ut W dS uttCICu. L III
close of the Presidents brief address
was followed by the raising of the flag
on the main building, the signal tina
the Exhibition was open. Salute
were fired, bells commenced ringing
the chorus began singing a hallelujah
the church chimes commenced ringing
various airs, and the President and in
vited guests, amid cheers from the
crowd, began prOce> sion through the
main building and Machinery Hall.
The Exhibitian il now open. The
progress through the building has JUS
been concluded, and President Grant
Secretary Fish, and other members o.
the Cabinet have just driven from the
grounds. The guards have been re-
moved from the approaches to the
main hall, and all parts of the ExpOsi
tiOn are now open to the public, and
the crowds which have heretofore lined
both sides of all approaches where the
procession passed, have dispersed to al
parts of the grounds. Cheers are re-
sounding on all sides, bells are ringing
bands are playing in all directions
asd the Centennial Exhibition is for
mally opened.
PRESIDENT GRANTS ADDRESS
is as follows:
MY COUNTRYMEN 1T has been
thought appropriate upon this centen
nial occasion to bring together in Phil
adelphia for popular inspection speci
mems of our attainmentS in the indus
trial and fine arts and in the literature
science and philosophy as well as in the
great business of agriculture and CON-
nierce, that we may more thoroughly
appreciate the excellencies and def.
ciencies of our achievements and also
give emphatic expression to our earnest
desire to cultivate the friendship of our
fellow members of this great family of
nations. The enlightened agricultural,
and manufacturing people
OF the world have been invited To send
hither the corresponding specimens OF
their skill to exhibit on equal terms in
friendly competition with our own.
To this invitation they have generous
ly responded. For so doing we render
them our hearty thanks. The beauty
and utility OF the constructions will
this day be submitted to your inspec-
tiOn by the managers of this eXhi-
bition.
We are glad to know that view Of
the specimens of the skill of all nations
will afford to you unauoyed pleasure as
well as yield TO you a valuable practical
knowledge of the remarkable results
of the Centennial grounds OF many of
the remarkably advanced nations in
law, medicine and theology in science,
philosophy and the fine arts.
Whilst proud of what we have done,
we regret that We have not done more.
Our achievements have been great
however, to make it easy for
our people to acknowledge superior
merit " herever found, and now, fell
low citizens, hope careful examina-
lion of what iS about to be exhibited to
you will not only inspire you with a
profound respect for the skill and taste
Of our friends from other nations, but
also satisfy you with the attainments
made by our own people during the
past Que hundred years. [ invoke your
generous cooperation with the worthy
results of the wonderful skill existing
in the enlightened communities. One
hundred years ago our country was
but partially settled, our necessi-
lies have compelled Us to chiefly ex-
END every means and time in Telling
forests, subduing prairies, and building
dwellings,, factories, ships, docks, ware
houses, roads, canals, machinery, etc.
Most of our schools, churches, libraries
and asylums, have been established
within one hundred years, burthened
0y these great private works of necessi-
~, which could not be delayed. We
yet have done what this great exhibit
ion will show in the direction of rival
n law, medicine and theology in sci
.nce, literature, philosophy and fine
irts, whilst proud of what we have
lone, we regret we have not done
more. Our achievements have been
great enough, however, to make it easy
or our people to acknowledge the su-
)eriOr merit whenever found, and now
| hope a careful EXAM
nation of what is about to be exhibited
o you, will not only inspire you with
profound respect, more skill and taste
If our friends from other nations, but
Ilso satisfy you with attainments made
" our own people during the past hum
lred years. / invoke your generous
with the worthy Commits
iOuers to secure a brilliant success to
his international Exhibition, and to
make the stay of our foreign visitors,
o whom we extend hearty welcome,
10Th profitable and pleasant. To them
declare the International Exhibition
low open.
BISHOP SIMPSONS PRAYER.
The following is the prayer offered
y Bishop Simpson:
Almighty and everlasting God, our
Heavenly Father, Heaven is Thy
hrone and the earth is Thy footstool.
Before Thy majesty and holiness the
ngels veil their faces, and the spirits
[ the just made perfect, bow in hum
lie alteration. Thou art the Creator of
IL things, and the preserver 0f all that
xists, whether they be thrones, or
or principalities, or powers.
he minute and the vast, atoms and
,orlds alike attest the ubiquity of Thy
resence, and the omnipOtence OF Thy
way Thou alone art the sovereign
ller of nations. Thou raiseth up one
nd casteth down another, and Thou
ivest the kingdoms of the world to
Thou wilt. The past with
IL its records is the unfolding of Thy
ounsels and the real cations of Thy
rand designs. We hail Thee as our
ghtful ruler, the King ettrnal, i'm
lOrtal and inevincible; the only true |
iod, blessed for evermroe. We come
II this glad day, o thou God of our
.thers, intQthese gates with praise.
We bless Thee for thy wonderful good
ess in the past, for the land which
hou gavest to our fathers land veil
d from the ancient world, but reveiled |
l the fullness of time to Thy chosen
eople, whom Thou didst lead by |
hine own right hand through the
FLOWS of the deep to a land of vast ex.
,nt; of towering mountains and broad |
lains; of unnumbered products and
nited treasures. We thank Thee for
ne fathers of the country, men of mind
nd Of mipnt VI hp endured pri iyatiopS