The times., 1898-10-03
A Democratic Gathering


District Commissioner Wight and
Chairman Warner, of the jubilee commit
tee, were among the early arrivals They
took seats near the center of the plat
form. DR.. Talmage and Dr. Byron Sun
derland occupied seats on their right, and
DR.. Alexander Mackay-Smith, Dr. Staf-
ford. DR.. Samuel Domer, former Senator
Patrick Walsh. and DR.. H. NJ Wharton,
of Baltimore. sat near them on the right.
Among the other invited guests were Rev.
Dr. OpinwaH, E. S, Parker, ]. B. Larner,
Capt. Charles S. Domer, Hon. L. T.
Kitchener, Cob E. G. Davis, w. H Saun-
ders. Percy s. Foster, T. Conrad Dodge,
DR.. George n. Perry, ]. S. Thompson, of
Illinois. and AIRS. Mary S. Gist.
The following served as vice presidents:
Hon. J. q sIcKenna, Hon. A B. Hagner,
Theodore W. Noyes. William F. Mating
ly, Thomas Lagden, Hon. John w Ross,
stilson Hutchins, Archibald Greenlees,
william A. Gordon, Peter F. Bacon Isa-
dor Saks, Nilliam b. Powell, Eugene Ca
rusi R. H. T. LEOPOLD, Henry A Willard,
Henry L. West, A L. Barbour, John A.
Stone, T. A. Lambert Thomas Wilson. F.
). Crosthwaite. F. L. Moore, Jesse B.
Wilson, HI. S. Cummins, George C. May
nard, NJ. G. Emery, Charles e. Foster, F.
A. Vanderlip, Rev. T. S. Hamlin. Ma
thaniel Wilson, d. a. Mcknight, William
A Gordon, Hon. A. c. Bradley, William
Ballantyne, Frank Hume, A. T. Britton,
Benjamin Leighton, ]. b. Edwards, John
B. Wight, John T. Vinson, Mathew Trim
bic, John A. Baker, Simon Wolf, E. S.
Parker, ]. ]. Darlington. T G.. ,Rensey, J.
b Winner, Beriah Wilkins, John Joy Ed
son. n. II. Shea, John B. Larner, c. j.
Hillyer, c. b. Jewell Crosby S. Noyes,
George c. Hazleton, Alphonso Hart. S.
w. Woodward NJ. NJ. Parker George w.
Moss, 7. v. Powderly, Lewis J. Davis,
] Rev. r. H. McKim, and Rev. w. W. Nc
Kenney.
Prayer by DIR. TaImage.
The exercises of the afternoon were
opened by prayer by the Rev. DR.. Tai.
mage. as follows:
Lord God of Hosts. o Lord God of Nations
help are assembled this afternoon fo
the purposes of dJxology and congrat ulation ans
| jubilee. We thank Thee, o Lord, that, as Thrr
vast with us at Yorktown and Bunker Hill an;
our braves and sons at Santiago and Manila an,
/ that Thou didst give US he victory on land ant
sea Glory be TO the Father, and to the Son
I and To the Holy Ghost, as it was in the begin
-i-g. is now, and ever shall be, world withou
end We thank Thee that Cuba is free; tina
/ Porto Rico IS free, and that suddenly all tn
| islands of the sea will be free. We pray The
! that righteousness, Justice. and mercy may tri
/ Enph over the nation, and over the army an,
.avy- Keep in good health beloved Presi
| deHt and his counselors. and let this be the ma
| ton whose God is the Lord, and may this hav
'een the last war that shall ever be FOUGHT
! NJ y arbitration take the place of the swosd, an
4 instead of the lions, riay il be the lambs an,
| instead of the vulture. may it be the dove. Gor
10 God in the highest, and ON earth peace an
good viii to men
Lock Thou upon all the braves that hav
/ fallen. and have pity upon the bereaved homes
Have mercy upon the widows and mothers VIII
are bereayed as he result OF this war, and ma
consolation come to all those who are in trouble
! May this not only be national victory. but
/ moral victory, and 4 religious victory, and lie
| all the land see il so, and let all the uniyers
join in a shout of triumph and halle Ljah, 70
! the Lord God omnipotent Ieigneth. Halleiuiah
fol the kingdoms OF this world have become tn
! kingdor of God.
:SlesseG be the Lord God of Israel, from ever
| lasting to everlasting. and let the whole cart
be filed VITA His glory. Amen and amen.
John 2. Wight, president of the boar