Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-22
DEDICAToRY EXERCISES.

The Omcial Programme Carried to a
Successful Conclusion.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2l.-The official pro-
gramme began with the Columbian
march by the orchestra.
When the last notes had died away,
Bishop Charles H. Fowler, of California,
advanced to. a desk with bowed head,
while the people were huehed, and de-
livered an eloquent prayer.
After returning thanks for the over
flowing goodness Of Providence, as man
ifested in the unfolding of our history
as people, and the shaping of our des-
tiny as a nation, the reverend gentleman
continued:
''We thank thee for the glorious his
tory we have inherited; for Lexington
and Fort Sumter; for Yorktown
and Appomatox-these throbbing
achievements of our patriotism.
We thank thee for Washington
and Lincoln; for Webster and Clay;
for Jefferson and Jackson and for Grant
these beacon lights of the republic.
We thank Thee for the mighty hosts of
heroes dead, and for the priceless les.
sons they have taught us in patriotism
and valor, in statesmanship and in sac
ri6ce. We thank Thee for go ,00O, 900
of free, heroic, patriotic citizens for the
open Bible, open schools and open
churches; for unprecedented growth,
abundant prosperity, multiplied inven-
tions, unnumbered libraries, countless
newspapers, many colleges, great uni
versities, ubiquitous benevolence, uni
versal peace, uninterrupted happiness,
untarnished honor. We thank Thee
for emancipated manhood, exalted
womanhood. We thank Thee for free
conscience, by free church, in free
state, for free people -
After invoking a blessing upon che
president and his family, upon the other
high dignitaries of the nation. upon the
women of this country and its wage
workers and defenders, he closed with
prayer for the eternal welfare of those
present on this grea occasion.
PRESIDENT DAVIS ADDRESS.
At the conclusion OF the prayer, Di-
rector General Davis advanced to the
front, and after the applause OF greeting,
spoke as follows:
He said it was his pleasurable duty to
present the noted personages who at this
hour, in their several functions, are to
contribute to the exercises with which
the grounds and buildings are TO be
dedicated. ''The Worlds Columbian
exposition" said he, sis the natural
outgrowth of this nations place
in history. The ceaseless, resist
less march of civilization west
ward, ever westward, has reached and
passed the great lakes of North Amer
lea, and founded on their farthest shore
the greatest city of modern times.
Chicago, the peerless has been selected
for great celebration, which today
gives new fire to progress, and sheds its
light upon ages yet to come. Estab-
lished in the heart of this continent,
her pulse throbs with the quickening
current of our national life, and that
this city was selected as the scene OF this
great commemorative festival was the
natural outgrowth of predestined events.
Here all nations are to meet in peaceful,
laudable emulation on the fields of art,
science and industry, on the fields of re-
search, invention and scholarship, and
to learn the universal value of the dis
covery we commemorate, to learn, as
could be learned in no other way, the
| nearness OF man to man, the fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood Of the
human race. This. ladies and gentle
men, is the exalted purpose OF the
worlds Columbian exposition. May it
be fruitful of it's eim and of peace for
ever to all the nations of the EARTH
At the conclusion of Davis address,
Mayor Hampstead Washburn extended
the freedom OF the city to the guests of
the day.
READING OF THE ODE.
Then Mrs. Sarah G. LeMoyne read
selection from the dedicatory ode. Dur
ing the course of the reading, she
paused, while the chorus sang verses
! from the ode. The acoustic properties
of the building were very poor, and the
voice of the reader was scarcely dis
| tinguishable beyond radius of 100 feet.
Miss Harriet Monroe, of Chicago, author
of the ode. and Mrs LeMoyne, were pre-
sented with laurel wreaths at the CON
clusion OF the reading.
| After the conclusion OF the reading oi
| the ode. the director OF the works, Dan.
iel Burnham. spoke briefly, and then
President H.. N. Higginbotham, of the
local worlds fair company, delivered an
address, and presented medals to the
master artists Of construction.
| Next, Mrs. Potter Palmer delivered an
address on the work of the board of lady
managers.
President Higginbotham then formal
ly rendered the exposition building tc
President Palmer, of the Worlds Co
lumbian commission. The latter re-
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