, 1876-04-15

undof lilo ctrc,lnlatkhc6N. ms dnttnf hAh prom.
ably learned jeasnn from tIlts experience, aud
l.oroaftor, In making such cottracth, ho VII! very
likbly Add hrnvlso that, II tMIuA Afo brought
forth, hs Is to have doublo fee.
TIE CENTENNIAL.
mir. HlLhey Innicrsk Cnntntn.
Hep 1'ork Tribune.
Tho announcement Of tls Centennial Commits
sion that Tho hynn for tia opening ceremonies
of the Exhibition. on May 10. has bosn furnished
by John q. Whittier, aud the text Of Mr. Dudley
Bucks cantanta by H.duoy Lanior, Of Georgia,
has hceu received by tue preaa aud pooplo ot tho
Uuited Btates with ontiro satisfaction. No yolce
more oArnent than that ct lhe Tsalmtst Of Antet-
bury could bo found to obteatho Tho solemn invoca
ton: nnd Mr. Lanior, also, II less widely known
az poes, posse tho qualltioa which n him
FOR the moro difficult task. 11e ts native Of
ranks 70 youth. studied lAn At hIscon,
but has at inst found hia true fold Of activity,
and devotes hinsscif Wholly to nuslc aud ltGrA.
euto. Ills tHo remarkable pobm1, entitled
1ippi,cors =. Magazine. brought him suddenly
Into prominence. For three winters past, ho
has been q performer In tho Peabody orcheatra,
at Baltimore, under AIr. Asger 1iamerik.
raiation to the music a. that of
with direct reieronco to the changes, contrasts,
and combinations OF voces and Instruments.
with constant rsfcreuce TO tho inevitable re-
strictions of Ills task. Limited Ia si1ty limos IN
which not only tho BotoB and chorubes, but also
tho vtollns and baBsoona, must lave their ahhfo;
but through the medium Of reflection and aon-
traBtol emotions; governed, finally, in the very
sounds Of Ills words by that Of tho nosos 10 which
they arc eet, hia work is Anennbao to BepAEasC
Inv and may fairly assert Its right to o separate
Tho vetscs represent, As largely as The space
allows, tho past aud preseut OF thu country, tho
rowcia whicl. opposed themselves to settlement.
growth, and Independence and the BLENDED Gle
monta which gave st1ccoBs, closing with rejoicing,
al angelic voioe Of PROMISE. and q Welcome 70
tho world. It Ia both simple and original in
character. Contrastod with the osntata written
by Tannyson for the opening Of tho 1ntornAtion-
al Exhibition IN London, its creator froodom
and freBhnsss are very ovidont, whl!o in oaruost-
nc8a and absence Of salf- graduation II will
donbtlesa hArmoutze with tho spirit OF Whitter'a
hymn. Mr. Dudley f}ucks music has olrsady
loon noticed In tho Tribune mud thcro Rceu1s 10
90 no impropr,ety In also giving tho complete
toxt Of a1r. Lanier'a Bharo IN the work, especial
ly as tho prlntoa copiea aro now III ths handa OF
$40 singers lit. Lnsior entitles his caftata
THE CENTENNIAL. MEDITATION or COLUMBIA.
From t1ts huudred-torraced hnjght
Slight moro largo with nnb'cr light
1kailEe6 down you towering yEarA:
liunlblor antsca eul lofttller taaEs
Hh!nc mud fall, s1line and fall
Whtto old Tttces dHe md c1l
Yondsr whero tho ta.snafro
WetcriuK OF my Long Ago
Moves nGuut tho mogeless l,ass
Fur below my Trstina.plaec.
Nayaowcr. atayao.er, slowly hitAer tying,
Trembling WESTWARD o'cr yoli baking sea,
Hearts within fdrtb<t dtksr iftl7tnhd stgn!nx
Winls without hut dear IL rau. rcpltha:,
oray-llpp'1 wavs. q about thse shouted, tr,iag
Not II thhfi not ee
1anea.oa7a, out Ct tllee--
plymouth, tleoA-lllce hhany-
Winter 1rjos. 10 Jrsezs: am,H!
| Fuycr cries, IL bura: a.nuy!
HUNGER CTleB, Re lk1trs: alcag!
vypgeence eriss, lvHr Graaos shall ct1r!
Fsmsa Fssn 81 liz ssiss as a'Ss ts Rf
| Ghosts Of aoods onos lpshed md fA!r,
Grown foul lads in Alien air
Whrt and hn most no!ry locda,
Topsnel with tthe md poazoncd swords
Ertor, Tcrror, Rage and Cnma,
Al III wthdy flight of time
Cried to mo from land md sea,
Ifoi 1hou shalt not Gsl
HuJuenots rhibnerng pta IL tho DARK,
Fnrltsns answering Rfa III tho dtrkl
Pa. Ike an srsow shot tsun to hia mark,
n.Ts through ti.s .yra9oa,na hsstt q psntst ~
Fullc,l, stin beginning.
Boicl bnt not ainning,
T rsa w s1asS ew4 tSs Ish
Toll, snd forgive, and k!a o'es, aud re1:aisht.
| Now rra!se 70 Hoi4 oft granted grace.
1,ctpttc the i4nA dasrite the soa,
was: l 1m: /: nu,i shnli be-
| How long, Good Angel, q how loHg7
| uiug ruo froln Ieatrn mans own songl