SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 237 



COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 



After selections by the orchestra the audience of about 

 20,000 people joined in singing: 



MENDON 



Great God of Nations now to Thee 

 Our hymn of gratitude we raise; 



With humble heart and bending knee 

 We offer Thee our song of praise. 



Thy name we bless, Almighty God, 



For all the kindness Thou hast shown 



To this fair land the pilgrims trod — 

 This land we fondly call our own. 



Here freedom spreads her banner wide, 

 And casts her soft and hallowed ray; 



Here Thou our fathers' steps didst guide 

 In safety through their dangerous way. 



We praise Thee that the gospel's light 



Through all our land its radiance sheds, 



Dispels the shades of error's night, 



And heavenly blessings round us spreads. 



Great God, preserve us in Thy fear; 



In danger still our Guardian be; 

 O spread Thy truth's bright precepts here; 



Let all the people worship Thee. 



