ADDRESSES 



AT THE 



Laying of the Corner Stone, 



June 2d; 1874. 



PRAYER BY Rev. S. H. TYNG, D. D. 



O Lord, our God ! blessed be Thy great and glorious name, which is 

 exalted above all blessing and praise ! Thou, even Thou, art Lord alone. 

 Tbou bast made beaven, tbe beaven of heavens, with all tbeir host, — tbe 

 earth, and all tbat is therein, — tbe seas, and all tbat therein is, and Thou 

 preservest them all. Tbe bost of beaven worshipeth Thee ! 



Whither shall we go from Thy Spirit, and wbither shall we flee from Thy 

 presence ? If we ascend into heaven, Tbou art there ; if we make our bed 

 in hell, behold Thou art there. If we take tbe wings of tbe morning, and 

 dwell in tbe uttermost parts of tbe sea, even there shall Thy hand lead us, 

 and Thy rigbt band sball bold us. Sucb knowledge is too wonderful for 

 us ; it is bigb, we cannot attain unto it. 



O Lord, our Lord ! bow excellent is Thy name in all tbe eartb ! who hath 

 set Thy glory above the beavens. When we consider the heavens, the work 

 of Thy bands ; the moon and the stars which Thou hast ordained — what is 

 man that Thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that Thou visitest 

 him ? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels ; Thou hast 

 crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion 

 over the works of Thy hands. Tbou hast put all things under his feet. 



O Lord, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them 

 all. The earth is full of Thy riches. This great and wide sea also, wherein 

 are creatures innumerable, both small and great ; these all wait upon Thee, 

 and Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou makest the grass to 

 grow upon the mountains, and herbs for the service of man. Before Thee 

 the mountains break forth in singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap 

 their hands, from the cedar that dwelleth in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop 

 which springeth out of the wall. Thou hast commanded us to commemo- 

 rate Thy wisdom and Thy power ; to teach unto those who come after 

 us the glory of Thy works — as wonderful in tbe least of the beings tbat 

 breathes in Thy mercy, as in the mightiest that displays and magnifies Thy 

 power. Thou hast manifested Thyself and Thy wisdom, as truly in the 

 lilies of the field as they grow as in the leviathan, who is the king over all 

 children of pride. 



