e turmoil and
distressing scenes of Santo Domingo's revolt? And how can it be
said that there was no Providence in the unexpected unyielding
and successful fight for continued freedom on the part of the
negroes of Santo Domingo, or in the fatal pestilence that vied
with bloody warfare in the destruction of the army of
subjugation, or in the fever of war and aggression which heated
the blood of Bonaparte, all combining to turn him away from the
occupation of the Louisiana Territory? All these things, so
remote and so far out of sight, pointed with the coercion that
belongs to the decrees of God to a consummation which restored
to our people peace and contentment, and secured to our nation
extension and development beyond the dreams of our fathers.

Thus we may well recall in these surroundings the wonderful
measure of prophecy's fulfillment within the span of a short
century, the spirit, the patriotism, and the civic virtue of
Americans who lived a hundred years ago, and God's overruling of
the wrath of man and His devious ways for the blessing of our
nation.

We are all proud of our American citizenship. Let us leave this
place with this feeling stimulated by the sentiments born of the
occasion. Let us appreciate more keenly than ever how vitally
necessary it is to our country's weal that everyone within its
citizenship should be clean minded in political aim and
aspiration, sincere and honest in his conception of our
country's mission, and aroused to higher and more responsive
patriotism by the reflection that it is a solemn thing to belong
to a people favored of God.

Eighth. "America," with full chorus and band accompaniment.

Ninth. Prayer by Bishop E.R. Hendrix:

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we devoutly thank and worship
Thee, the Author of our being, and the gracious source of all
our blessings. We are because Thou art; and Thou hast made us in
Thy image capable of fellowship with Thee and delighting in a
fellowship with one another as we resemble Thee. Thou hast given
us our reason and the power of cooperation with one another in
all worthy ends looking to the well-being of our race.
Civilization with its conquests over the material world is
possible only with Thy aid. Christianity with its conquests over
evil is the work of God and man, as Thou dost call