The San Francisco call., 1898-10-08
"UNITY" THE
 NEW HYMN
 OF ALLIANCE Sung by the Oratorio
 Society. AN INTERNATIONAL LINK MUSIC BY AN AMERICAN, WORDS BY ENGLANDs LAUREATE A Pleasant Entertainment Before St. Andrews Society-Facts
 About the Com
 poser.
INTERNATIONAL LINK
MUSIC BY AN AMERICAN, WORDS
 BY ENGLANDS LAUREATE.

There was an evening of music in Scot tish Hall last night, the occasion being a reception rendered by St Andrews So- ciety to the San Francisco Oratorio So- ciety, and the grand feature was the singing by the Oratorio Society Of new international hymn entitled Unity The members of St. Andrews Society were present in large numbers 10 welcome the guests, and there were also present many ladies. The guests of the evening, some fifty in number, occupied seats on the stage.
 The programme opened with the rendi- tion of the "Triumphal March" from "Naaman' by the guests of the evening. J. Stuart Murdoch, a tenor, gave in pleasing style Gentle Zephyr and May Dew" after which Miss Grace Morris sang a contraIto solo, Bonnie Sweet Bessie" Mrs. NJ. Kelley, a soprano. charmed the audience with an old Eng fish ballad
 Albert Daw Kerren delivered a short address. taking occasion to call attention 10 the growing feeling in this country and Great Britain for an alliance between the two countries. He said that he had for many years urged such all event, and was called a dreamer He sald tnaL the recent war had shown there are many more who may be chased as dreamerS, and he expressed the hope that the time Is not far distant when such an a4iance will become an actual fact.
 He then called attention to Unity, the interua tional hymn, which was composed by Alfred Austin, the poet laureate or England He drew attention 10 the tact that while the poem was written by an Englishman the music was composed by James Hamilton Howe, a native of New England, q descendant Of the first poetess of that section of the United States, Ann Dudley Bradstreet, daugh- ter Of Governor Dudley of Massachusetts He said that the words of the hymn have by the beautiful sentiment they express attracted a great deal of attention, and that 1t has been scattered broadcast wherever the English language is spo- ken He then read the words, and his reading was loudly applauded. He an- nOunced that the hymn would be sung by the society under the leadership or the composer of the music, who is the conductor of the society. He also said that a copy of the hymn had been sent 10 President Mckinley, and his acknoWIedg- meut was daily expected
 The following are the words of the Eng fish poet, which are described as or na- tional importance, and dedleateq tea 10 queen Victoria and President Mckinley:
 UNITY.
 Answer them. sons of the seIf-same race. and
 blood of the self-sarne elan,
 Let us speak with each other, lace to tece' ana And iovaiIy love and trust each other as none
 but free men can
 Now fling them fling them out to the
 breeze, Shamrock. Thistle and Rose, And the ''SLaE-Ep&ngleI Banner 1Li0IA WALA
 these, message to friends and foes; Wherever the sails Of peace are seen and Wher-
 ever the war wind blows
 A message to bond and thraI to wake. for
 wherever We come, we twain,
 The throne of the tyrant shall rock and quake,
 and his menace be void and vain; For you are the lords Of a strong young land,
 and we are lords Of the main
 Yes. this is the voice or. the bluff, March gale:
 We severed have been too long; r2Yr+ we done with a WyrlOut tale.
 the tale Of ancient wrong; And our friendship shall last long as love doth
 last and be stronger than death IS
 strong"
 scended has as descendants many who have made mark that has been recorded in the history of the United States. These are William Ellery Charming, eminent Boston divine and philanthropist: Wen dell Phillips, celebrated as a lecturer on lost art and an authority on matters of state. Richard H. Dana, and the revered poet. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who encour- aged the composer In his art work and presented him with Phtotog5TaPhf P2tT, s59I5f and md fore his death. The first printing press brought to this country was by an an- eestor Rev Jesse 4TeT g9cn,s5 Ge9Esem m Psa fS family tree; the Appletons, publishers; Hon. Joseph Howe, ex-Premier of Can fame. Dr. Samuel G. Howe, the celebrat- ed Boston physician and husband of Julia Ward Howe On the musical side are Spofforth composer of Hall, Smiling Morn; Mary Howe-Lavin of the Berlin Opera: Walter Ho ve Jones, head of the School of Music, Illinois University; Emma Howe-Unverhau, many years pro- lessor of music Wellesley. College and also of De Pauw University, where our composer was once dean; Charles T. Howe, flute virtuoso, son of Ohios fore most historian. Many others might be mentioned. As the national song, ''The Star-spangIed Banner" was arranged by Edward Howe Jr, it is an appropriate coincidence that another representative Howe, should compose the international Hymn
 The Oratorio Society sang the hymn and was forced to give an encore, so we'll pleased was the audience with the rendi- ton. After that was rendered the following, which composed the second part of the programme. was given: Bass solo. True