. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . the cheer of loyal songs, the flutter of countless flags; they passed on into history: the next day, the anniver-sary of Lexington, occured the tragedyat Baltimore. They were the first ofmany, many more thousands, to start onthat Great Adventure, the magnitude ofwhich none could dream and the end ofwhich none could foresee. And 55years afterward on June 21, 1916,those of our own circle of friend-ships, the
. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . the cheer of loyal songs, the flutter of countless flags; they passed on into history: the next day, the anniver-sary of Lexington, occured the tragedyat Baltimore. They were the first ofmany, many more thousands, to start onthat Great Adventure, the magnitude ofwhich none could dream and the end ofwhich none could foresee. And 55years afterward on June 21, 1916,those of our own circle of friend-ships, the old Fourth and the SignalCorps marched no less proudly downthe same street, were embarked atalmost the same spot, and were sweptaway into the mist that cleared awaypresently and revealed our part in thegreatest adventure in all human history. By a strange co-ordination of news incidents, the account of thesesoldier sons of Pilgrim fathers was printed immediately above a fewline notice telling of the unanimous calling to the First CongregationalChurch of John Milton Holmes. Without reflecting upon other churchesin the town, it may be said that the incident was of very great moment 12. Ri-v. Jiilin Millcin Hiiliiies
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