. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. a poem, the singing of songs of the Civil War, andin the schools, of the anniversary hymn. A loan exhibitionbrought together many things ancient and interesting. The change to a new century was observed. The lastcentury of the present era was the second millenium aboutto begin, called the twentieth century. The people of Spring-field felt the importance of the event. As the hour drew onto midnight, some gathered in their places of worship, others
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. a poem, the singing of songs of the Civil War, andin the schools, of the anniversary hymn. A loan exhibitionbrought together many things ancient and interesting. The change to a new century was observed. The lastcentury of the present era was the second millenium aboutto begin, called the twentieth century. The people of Spring-field felt the importance of the event. As the hour drew onto midnight, some gathered in their places of worship, otherswere upon the streets or awaiting in their homes the nextstroke of the clock. The bells of the city rang out all together,tolling in slow and measured strokes the death of the oldcentury. When the public clocks began to strike the hour oftwelve, the bells changed to joyful notes of greeting for thecentury just beginning, and the great guns on Armory Squarebegan to thunder their salute. This was in the two hundredand sixty-fifth year of the history of Springfield and the onehundred and twenty-fifth year of the independence of theUnited States,. 166 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD ANNIVERSARY HYMN Sung May 25, 1886At the 250th Anniversary of the City of Springfield Tune: Portuguese Hymn. O God of our fathers! Their Guide and their Shield,Who marked out Thy pathway through forest and stand where they stood, and with anthems of praiseAcknowledge Thy goodness, O Ancient of Days! Thou leddest Thy people of old like a flock;They trusted in Thee as their Sheltering Rock;The centuries pass,—Thou art ever the same,And children of children still trust in Thy name. Twas here in the wilderness, silent, gospel of freedom and grace they proclaimed,—The gospel of home, of the school, of the plow,—And this City of Homes is their monument now. O God of our fathers! By river and woodWhere Pynchon and Holyoke and Chapin heritage blossoms with glory and praise,To Thee, o
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