The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-05-04

/ former. Still the earliest streaks OF
dawn found many people in the streets,
| and these indeed were fortunate, for,
| IN all the range of meteorological
chance, more perfect morning
! could scarce have been found.
| 1t was TOO cold, perhaps, for
! those who shiver in light wind
! but it was a morning to delight the
! heart of a soldier who has long tramp
before him. The air was exhileratinc in
/ the extreme and the wind was sharp
| enough to soon put tinge of bloom on
! the cheeks OF those who faced it. Many
not already there in the early hours
| wended their way toward the lower end
! OF the city, moIe resplendent than ever
| In the early morning light with the wind
stretching every flag and streamer taut
| and swapping their folds as though in
! JuDilation. One Of the things which at
tracted people to the Battery on this
| second day was the sound Ct martial
music proceeding from a band which
| preceded RIker Post, @. A. r., to the
| Battery when flag was raised with APP
proprlate cremones. This, however,
was not the only attraction, for, as the
sun rose the soul-inspiring strains OF
"Old Hundred" were borne on the
breeze to many listening ears, the
chimes OF old Trinity rung by Albert
| Meislahn, Jr., furnishing the music.
The following programme was gone
through with: "OId Hundred, f" "Hail
| Colum bia, " Yankee Doodle" Cen
tennial March, Columbia, the Gem OF
Flag" "Our Flag is There, ""Auld Lang
Syne, "My Country's Flag of Star"
As the morning wore along the crowds
! N hn ST
they were on yesterday, and this time
the hurry was even greater, for one and
all saw the necessity Of reaching points
OF vantage from which to view the pa
rade at the earliest practicable moment.
| Then the sound of the bells calling the
| people to Thanksgiving services in the
| various churches awakened people
anew TO the true solemnity of the Occa-
sion.
New YoRk, April 30.-Services are
held in all the churches Of the city OF
every denomination, to-day, votive
masses being offered up in the Catholic
churches at which special pray
ers will be held. As matter
of course the principal services
were held at ST. Paul's Church,
on Broadway, where Washington
attended on the morning of his inaugu
|
| in the Church of the Annunciation, the
Church of the Ascension, St. Georges
Church, the Church OF the Holy Apos.
ties, st. Thomas Church, st. James
Church, and the Church of the Holy
| Trinity, Harlem, all of the Episcopal
faith.
At st. Paul's, the exercises were con.
Quoted by the RI. Rev. Henry G. Pot
ter. d. D., Ii. D., bishop of New York,
as the services On the day of Washing.
ington's inauguration were conducted
by the bishop of New York, the Rt
Rev. Samuel Provost. At o'clock the
committee on states escorted the Presi-
dent from the Fifth Avenue Hotel, ac
companied by the chief justice and
members of the cabinet, and un,
der an escort of police pro
ceeded to Vice President Morton's
residence. The vice president entered
President Harrison's carriage and the
procession moved down 10 St. Paul S
At the Nesey Street gate the party was
met by the committee of the yestry o
Trinity Church and the President wa
conducted to the Washington pew. The
edltice was filed with the wealthies
and most prominent people IN the
country.
One hundred years ago there knelt within
these walls u man TO whom, above all Others il
its history, this nation is indebted. An English
! man by race and lineage, lie incarnated i'll hi:
own person and character every bes
| trait and attribute that have made the Anglo
saxon saxon name & glory to lis Children
out the wcrld. But he was not so much
an Englishman that, when the time came for
| him 10 be 70, he was not even more an AmeII.
| can; and in all that he was and did, a patriot &c
| exalted, aud a leader great and wise, that whe1
men called him when he came here 10 be in
| augurated the first President of the United
! States the civilized world has not since then
| ceased to call him-the father of his country.
We are here this morning to thank God tor &C
great gilt to this people, to commemorate the
incidents OF which this day Is the one huudredtr
anniversary, and to recognize the DCnsiblltie:
| which century eventiul has laid upon u
And we ore here of all otler pinces, first OF all
| with pTe-eminent appropriateness. | know
not how ii may be with those 10 whom al
| sacred things ana places are matters of egua
indifference but surely to those OF US with " hon
| 1t is Otherwise ii cannot be without profound
| and pathetic import that when the first resident
| OF the republic had taken upon him, by virtue o
! his solemn oath, pronounced in The sig ght of the
peope, the burden OF It's CHEF magistraCy, ht
| turned stralghlway to these walls, and kneelins
| IN yonder pew, asked God Tor strength to ketI
his promise TO the nation ana his oath TO Him
! This was no unwonted home TO him, nor TO
J large proportion or those eminent men who
with him, were associated in framing the Constt
| tuition OF these United States.
| And so, with lneXpressIDle tenderness and
! reverence, we find ourselves thl king OF hin
here, kneeling to ask such gifts, and then rising
to go Iorth 10 his great tasks with mein so angus
| and majestic that Fisher AmeS, who sal beside
him in this chapel, wrote, Il Was present in tnt
( pew with tRe President, and must assure yOU
that, after making all deductions for the delus
ions OF Our fsEcy i'll regard 10 character, still
| think OF him with more yeneratiOn than for any
| ether person." so we think of him, ! say; auC
indeed it is impossible to think hergise.
| yield TO no man in my veneratlon for th'
| men who framed the compact under which
these states are oound together. No one cs
easily exasgerate their services or the value
| that which they wrought cut. But, after all
| may not forget to-day that the thing which the.
| made was dead and not living thing. II taC
10 power TO interpret itself, 10 apply itself, t'
| execute itsel'. Splendid II was in It's compile,
and forecssting mechanism, instinct as it was, II
| one sense, with noble wisdom, with
| large-visioned craftsmanship. with matches
adaptability to untTled emergencies, 1t was, new
eTtheless. no different in another aspect from ont
| of these splendid specimens of naval architect
| ure which throug our wharves to-day. nd which
| with every test contrivance of human art an
| skill, with capacities OF progress which newll
amazes US every day, are but as impoteut, deaC
matter, save as the brain and hand OF man shal
summon ard command them. The snip o
state" we say. Yes: hut II IS the cool anu com
| petent mastery al the helm of that, of eyerI
other ship, which shall, under God determine
the glory or the ignominy of the voyage.
And so we come and kneel at this ancient anC
| halowed shrine where once he knelt, and al
that God would graciously youchsafe them
Here IN this holy house we find the witness o
that one invinc bic force which because 1t alon
can rule the conscience, Is destined, one day, =
rule the world. Out from airs dense and fOu
with the coarse pa sion and cosrser rivalries Z
| selt-seeking men, we turn aside as from =
| crowd and glare Of some vulgar big ]
way swarming with pushing and il-bred thront
and tswcry and ciamOCous with beditene
bo. It's and noisy speech. in some cool an
shaded wood where, straight to Heaven, som
majestic OAK lJits It's tail form, Its roots imbed
ded deeper among the Unchauging rocks, Its uI
per branches sweeping the upper airs, and hold
ing high commune with the stars: and. as "
| tn nix of him for whom here thank God, W
saw such an one, in native majesty he was
ruler wise, ard strong, and fearless in the sigh
Of God and men because by the ennobliDg grac
of God he had learned, FIST OF all, to conque
every mean and selfish Cnd senseeking aim, an
! 90 10 rule himself For
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