Annual Record of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of MassachussetsSome vols. contain information regarding the parent company: the Honourable Artillery Company of London. |
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... Gentlemen of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts : It affords me pleasure to welcome you among us . The doors of our city are thrown open to you . We know no words in which to express our gratitude in having you ...
... Gentlemen of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts : It affords me pleasure to welcome you among us . The doors of our city are thrown open to you . We know no words in which to express our gratitude in having you ...
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... Gentlemen of Virginia and Massachusetts - particularly gentle- men of Virginia : You might well be proud of such a distinguished patriot as General Lee , who has spoken to you this moment . It was an unlooked for pleasure that I myself ...
... Gentlemen of Virginia and Massachusetts - particularly gentle- men of Virginia : You might well be proud of such a distinguished patriot as General Lee , who has spoken to you this moment . It was an unlooked for pleasure that I myself ...
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... gentlemen , here in the presence of your dead , here in the presence of these gray haired men who donned the blue and gray , Massachu- setts and Virginia , the North and the South , join hands and pledge in the future to live , to ...
... gentlemen , here in the presence of your dead , here in the presence of these gray haired men who donned the blue and gray , Massachu- setts and Virginia , the North and the South , join hands and pledge in the future to live , to ...
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... Gentlemen , - The toastmaster of the evening , as prescribed by the by - laws and rules of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany , is the adjutant . I am especially favored in my position this year as commanding officer of that ...
... Gentlemen , - The toastmaster of the evening , as prescribed by the by - laws and rules of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany , is the adjutant . I am especially favored in my position this year as commanding officer of that ...
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... gentleman whose name I am almost afraid to mention , because I know that the applause which he will get will occupy ... gentlemen , that I have no disposition to do so . [ Laughter . ] I wish to introduce Gen. FITZHUGH LEE . to respond ...
... gentleman whose name I am almost afraid to mention , because I know that the applause which he will get will occupy ... gentlemen , that I have no disposition to do so . [ Laughter . ] I wish to introduce Gen. FITZHUGH LEE . to respond ...
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Adjutant Adjutant-General ALAN HUDSON Albany American Ancient and Honorable Applause April Armory Arthur Band banquet Capt Captain Innis Captain Morse Captain Usher Charles H cheers church citizen city of Boston Colonel Committee Commonwealth of Massachusetts Company of Massachusetts comrades corps duty DYAR Edward elected EMERY GROVER Fall Field Day Faneuil Hall Fitzhugh Lee flag Frank Frank E Fred Frederick Frederick W friends gentlemen George H Grand Army Guard guests Henry Henry G Honorable Artillery Company insignia Jacob Fottler James John Joseph June Laughter Left Guide Lieut Lieut.-Col Major Jordan marched Mayor military militia nation navy Norfolk o'clock officers organization parade Past Commanders patriotism Payson Bradley peace PERLIE pleasure President Regiment Regular Toast republic respond Right Guide Second Lieutenant September Sergeant of Artillery Sergeant of Infantry Sergt soldier spirit Staff Thomas to-day to-night United Veterans Virginia Walter Washington William H
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Page 50 - The Lord is my light and my salvation ; ^ ' Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life ; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, Came upon me to eat up my flesh, They stumbled and fell.
Page 50 - Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine ; Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. The tumult and the shouting dies, The Captains and the Kings depart...
Page 41 - And I saw a new heaven and a new earth ; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Page 47 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me
Page 134 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 143 - Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day.
Page 41 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis even as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Page 156 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Page 122 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 119 - To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.