. The centenary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1909 : program of exercises in commemoration of that event. •=**^:. ..PROGRAM- I.—CALLING THE MEETING. TO ORDER by the Chairman. 2.—PRAYER. 3.—AMERICA—By the Audience. WORDS BY SAMUEL F. SMITH. First sung at a childrens meeting at Boston, July 4, 1832. My country, tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing ;Land where my lathers died,Land of the pilgrims pride,From every mountain side Let freedom ring. My native country, of the noble, free. Thy name I love ;I love thy rocks and woods and templed hills ;My heart wi
. The centenary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1909 : program of exercises in commemoration of that event. •=**^:. ..PROGRAM- I.—CALLING THE MEETING. TO ORDER by the Chairman. 2.—PRAYER. 3.—AMERICA—By the Audience. WORDS BY SAMUEL F. SMITH. First sung at a childrens meeting at Boston, July 4, 1832. My country, tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing ;Land where my lathers died,Land of the pilgrims pride,From every mountain side Let freedom ring. My native country, of the noble, free. Thy name I love ;I love thy rocks and woods and templed hills ;My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. Let music swell the breeze,And ring from all the trees, Sweet freedoms song ;Let mortal tongues awake,Let all that breathe partake,Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our fathers God to of liberty, To thee I sing ;Long may our land be brightWith freedoms holy light;Protect us by thy might, Great God our King. 4-—THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN Yhe early life of Lincoln gives no suggestion of his subsequentprominence. His parents were among the poorest of
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