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The following hymn was then sung by the audience, under the 

 direction of S. B. Noyes, Esq., of Canton, to the tune of Amer- 

 ica, accorai}anied by the splendid music of the Band. 



HYMN. 



Praise be, O God, to thee I 

 Render we heartily 



Praises to thee ! 

 Harvest again we see ; 

 Fill'd will our garners be ; 

 Nor vain our trust in thee — 



Our trust in thee ! 



Praise be, O God, to thee ! 

 Sing we unitedly 



Praises to thee ! 

 In peace we sow'd and reapt; 

 In peace by thee were kept, 

 While many hearts have wept — 



In terror wept ! 



Mourn we, God, to-day, 

 War's bloody, fearful sway — 



Mourn we, to-day ! 

 Dark clouds our land are o'er ; 

 Brothers are they no more. 

 Who brothers were before — 



Brothers before ! 



Hear us, O God, to-day ; 

 Most fervently we pray, 



Hear us to-day ! 

 The land we love protect ; 

 Her way to peace direct, 

 Thy glory to reflect — 



Ever reflect ! 



Thy might, O God, display ; 

 Drive all our fears away ; 



Trusting, we pray ! 

 Our land's dire wrongs redress; 

 Give to her arts success; 

 Her institutions bless — 



Forever bless ! 



Brief addresses were made by Judge Thomas, the Orator of 

 the Day, Rev. Dr. Thompson, the Chaplain of the Day, Edward 

 L. Pierce, Esq., late Government Agent in South Carolina, who 

 gave an eloquent and highly interesting sketch of his experience 

 among the plantations of the South, and Hon. John S. Sleeper, 

 of Roxbury, who read a humorous report of the Committee on 



