Then Thy protecting hand
Did guide them safely o'er,
Whilst they the ocean crossed,
To this then desert shore ;
And ROGERS, with his little band,
Safely arrived on freedom's land.

Two hundred times our earth
Has run its annual round,
Since on this pleasant plain,
A safe retreat they found;
And on this spot a church did raise,
And dedicate it to Thy praise.

And ever since that hour,

Here have Thy temples stood,

Here have our fathers met,
To praise the living God!

Whose boundless power and matchless grace,
Created and sustains our race.

And now may we their sons,
While in thy courts this day,

With grateful hearts adore,

With contrite spirits pray;

That He who was our fathers' friend,
Their children here would still defend.

Through future ages may

Our sons and daughters join,
With cheerful heart and voice,
In worship so divine;

Here Lord remain and bless our race,
Through every age till time shall cease.

7. ECCLESIASTICAL ADDRESS. BY REV. JAMES BRADFORD, OF SHEFFIELD.

8. ANTHEM.

"Glory be to God on High." -MOZART.

9. CIVIL ADDRESS.

BY THOMAS E. PAYSON, ESQ. OF ANDOVER.

10. ORIGINAL ODE.

AIR-"From Greenland's Icy Mountains."

BY HON. GEORGE LUNT, OF NEWBURYPORT.

Come, pour to lofty numbers,
Your voices in the strain,
Let every heart that slumbers,
Awake to joy again.

The golden dawn returning,
Shall bid our bosoms glow,

For that in heaven burning,
Two hundred years ago.

That day whose wondrous story,
Our fathers oft have told;
That day whose deepening glory
Let age on age unfold, —
When hoary sire and childhood,
And youths in virgin glow,
Stood underneath the wildwood,

Two hundred years ago.

By whom they broke the forest,
And bade the harvests wave;
Across the wintry ocean,

Or 'mid the fiercer foe,

He calmed each wild commotion
Two hundred years ago.

Their graves are all around us,
In venerable age;
Their pleasant homes surround us,

A goodly heritage ; —

Yet warmer let each bosom

Its manly thanks bestow

For Freedom's flower, in blossom
Two hundred years ago.

and thence pro

The following is the order in which the procession formed upon the common, at eleven o'clock, A. M., ceeded to the Congregational Meeting-house, under escort of a volunteer company of young men belonging to the town, commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Perley. Music by Salem Brass Band.

Aid. Chief Marshal (mounted). Aid.

Marshal. Soldiers of the Revolution (in carriages). Marshal. Marshal.

Marshal. Strangers and Citizens generally. Marshal.

After the services of the Church, the invited guests and subscribers to the dinner formed a procession under the same escort, and proceeded to a substantial pavilion, erected for the purpose upon the common, where from three hundred and fifty to four hundred gentlemen and ladies partook of a dinner prepared by Edward Smith and John B. Savory, Esquires. Grace was said at the table by Rev. David T. Kimball, of Ipswich, and thanks returned by Rev. Mr. Dennis, Agent of the American Education Society.

After the cloth was removed, various sentiments were offered, and addresses made, suited to the occasion.

The publisher was called to act as President of the Day, assisted by Brigadier-General Solomon Low, (who also acted as Chief Marshal,) Joshua Jewett, and Thomas Payson, Esquires, as Vice-Presidents.

The pavilion was one hundred and sixty feet long by twenty-five feet in width, which was, under the direction of Horatio G. Somerby of Boston, tastefully decorated with evergreens, pictures, and national banners, blended and woven together by the ladies in an enchanting manner. The church, in which the public exercises of the day were performed, was, by the same gentleman, beautifully ornamented in a style that reflected much credit on his taste and fancy. A broad platform was erected around the house, for the accommodation of such as

could not obtain seats within, and the lower windows so disposed of, as to give those without an opportunity of hearing.

Many antique relics were displayed. In the procession was an elderly gentleman, with an old lady of eighty-six, mounted on a pillion, both in full dress of olden time, not omitting the cocked hat and powdered wig; also, two young ladies, one dressed in a full wedding suit, made and worn on the bridal day of another lady, more than one hundred years before; the other in a full wedding-dress of about seventy years' standing. A man, well acquainted with the manners and customs of the American Indians, in full Indian costume, carrying the pipe and armour of the late Black Hawk, an Indian chief, was in the procession, and excited the curiosity of many. In front of the pulpit, in the meeting-house, was displayed an old weather vane, made of a thin plate of iron, with the figures, 1697, cut through it. This was the date of the second meeting-house built in Rowley, upon the steeple of which, it buffeted many a storm, and sprung to every wind that blew for more than half a century. In the pavilion were displayed various articles wrought by the Indians, some very ancient books brought from England by the first settlers of Rowley. A piece of embroidery of curious workmanship, wrought by Sarah Phillips, (daughter of the Rev. Samuel Phillips, the second minister of Rowley,) more than one hundred and sixty years ago, attracted much attention, and is now owned by Miss Hannah Perley, the said Sarah Phillips being grandmother to the said Hannah's grandfather; and it is hoped the same will be preserved, and shown at the next centennial celebration in Rowley. A large armed chair, with a set of heavy leather-bottomed chairs, supposed to have been brought from England by the first settlers of the town, was used at the late centennial dinner.

Is it not desirable, that the events of this memorable festival should be collected and preserved, and transmitted to

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