ORDER OF EXERCISES AT CHURCH, 



ON THK DAY OF THE 



EIGHTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION 



OF THE 



NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



At Dedliam, October 1, 18§6. 



At twelve o'clock, M., a procession was formed on the grounds 

 of the Society, by Major Moses G. Cobb of Dorchester, the 

 Chief Marshal, who was assisted during the day by the following 

 gentlemen as Aids : — Messrs. Thomas Adams of Roxbury ; F. A. 

 Heath of Brookline ; Francis Williams of Quincy ; J. W. Wol- 

 cott of Roxbury ; H. 0. Hildreth of Dedham, and Alexander 

 Boyd of Roxbury. Preceded by the Weymouth Brass Band, the 

 procession moved to Rev. Dr. Lamson's Church, the galleries of 

 which were already filled with ladies. The preliminary exercises 

 consisted of a voluntary, performed in excellent style by the choir 

 attached to Dr. Lamson's Society, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 the President of the Society, then made the usual Introductory 

 Address, giving a brief account of the progress and present con- 

 dition of the Society. Prayer was then offered by Rev. J. H. 

 Morrison of Milton, after which the following hymn was sung : — 



HARVEST HYMN. 



BY B. P. 9HILLABER, K34. 



God of the harvest ! unto thee 

 With grateful sense avc bend the knee, 

 While to thy throne our thanks arise, 

 The full heart's earnest gacrifice. 



