Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...services are open to the public, but are intended particularly for the students. Rev. Samuel Longfellow and Rev. Alexander McKenzie will conduct the services and several songs will be sung by the children of the Washington Grammar School. The programme is as follows: Song "Jerusalem the Golden," words by Comrade Higginson. Prayer by Rev. Samuel Longfellow. Song, "Mourir pounla Patrie," class song of '63. Oration by Rev. Alexander McKenzie. Decoration of the tablets by members of the post. Song, the words of which were written by a graduate, Air, "Fair Harvard" Benediction by Rev. Samuel Longfellow. Response. Music by Arthur...
...choir sang "All Glory, Land, and Honor," by Schumann; Mr. Swarts of the Law School sang a solo, "Jerusalem," and Messrs. Swarts and Shippen sang a duet...
...Brooks was the preacher of the afternoon. He read a portion of the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew. He spoke of the simplicity with which the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is here described, and said that in that very simple city there are many lessons for us. He dwelt particularly upon the second verse of the chapter. It illustrated the need of the greatest things of this world for the least, of the highest for the lowest. The most insignificant things become essential when there is a demand for them. So in life, there is a place...
...hark the organ. Dr. McKenzie offered a prayer, after which the choir sang the anthem "A bide with us," by Whitney. The address was made by Rev. William Lawrence. The speaker read from the Bible the account of Peter's attempt to persuade his Master not to go to Jerusalem and of Christ's answer to the tempter. Peter, the speaker said, had been the first to realize the meaning of the Saviour's mission, but when the time came for self-denial and for action the disciple hesitated. So in the world to-day, men of every station have...
...pulpit was occupied by Rev. William Lawrence, who, after reading the service, delivered a short but earnest address intended mainly for the students. He illustrated his remarks by a text from the 19th chapter of St. Luke, verses 39 and 40, in which Christ's triumphant march into Jerusalem amidst the rejoicing and glorification by his disciples is told. Truth, said the speaker, is bound to be spoken in some places or other, and it is our duty to find it out. Students at college are continually coming into doubt as to the faiths, but let them hold firmly...