Centennial celebration of the United Presbyterian (the old white) Church of building 1797-1897 : Salem, Washington County NY, November 9th, 1897 . allibay;Who kneeling prayed, while morning sunWitnessed to Heaven, a work begun To last for aye. Then shall their evening song of praiseReach us in echoing, joyful lays And glad we will build—an altar layWhere we may worship God alway— Praise ye His name. A century its debt hath paid, Of life and death, since first was laid Our childrens children thrice have blessedA fathers God and here confessed Him, God alone. 54 CEN
Centennial celebration of the United Presbyterian (the old white) Church of building 1797-1897 : Salem, Washington County NY, November 9th, 1897 . allibay;Who kneeling prayed, while morning sunWitnessed to Heaven, a work begun To last for aye. Then shall their evening song of praiseReach us in echoing, joyful lays And glad we will build—an altar layWhere we may worship God alway— Praise ye His name. A century its debt hath paid, Of life and death, since first was laid Our childrens children thrice have blessedA fathers God and here confessed Him, God alone. 54 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. Firm her foundations, now as then,And strong her bulwarks are, as when Thus early made;Type of Gods mercy, love and g;raceTo sinful men. His blood bought race Whose debt he paid. So may it evermore remain Till He on earth shall come to reign, Peace to all the ransomed of the LordShall praise His name with one accord Time without end. As in His courts we waiting standBeneath His consecrating hand Our vows we payTo Him who rules all earth and spheres,And unto whom a thousand years Are as one day. ^^^ V^ ^^#. **Zhc present/ By Rev. Mr. Turnbull. I think myself liapiDy to be with yon this evening, andthere are two good reasons why I should occupy but littleof your time: The first is, that the committee that sokindly invited me to say a word this evening suggestedthat I should occupy but little time; and the second is,that the fitness of things indicates the time. I am to speakof The Present. The present, as compared with thepast or as compared with the future, is very brief know the past includes all time that has gone by, andthe future includes all time that is to come; while thepresent is that infinitesimally small point on which wenow stand. Indeed, the present since I began to speak toyou has slipped away into the past. So, in accordancewith the fitness of things, what I have to say should bevery brief. The text before us to-day an
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