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Title: Charles Sumner Centenary
The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14

Author: Archibald H. Grimke

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Language: English

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OCCASIONAL PAPERS NO. 14.

THE AMERICAN NEGRO ACADEMY

CHARLES SUMNER
CENTENARY

HISTORICAL ADDRESS
BY ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKE.

PRICE 15 CENTS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.:
PUBLISHED BY THE ACADEMY.
1911

The American Negro Academy celebrated the centenary of Charles Sumner at
the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., Friday
evening, January 6, 1911. On this occasion the program was as follows: "A
Mighty Fortress is our God," by the choir of the church; Invocation, by
Rev. L. Z. Johnson, of Baltimore, Md.; the Historical address was next
delivered by Mr. Archibald H. Grimke, President of the Academy, after
which Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford made a brief address. A solo, by
Dr. Charles Sumner Wormley, was sung; Vice-President Kelly Miller
delivered an address. A Poem, "Summer," by Mrs. F. J. Grimke, was read by
Miss Mary P. Burrill. Hon. Wm. E. Chandler made the closing address; after
which the Battle Hymn of the Republic was sung by the congregation, led by
the choir. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. W. V. Tunnell.

The oil painting of Mr. Sumner which occupied a place in front of the
pulpit, was loaned by Dr. C. S. Wormley.

CHARLES SUMNER.

Every time a great man comes on the stage of human affairs, the fable of
the Hercules repeats itself. He gets a sword from Mercury, a bow from
Apollo, a breastplate from Vulcan, a robe from Minerva. Many streams from
many sources bring to him their united strength. How else could the great
man be equal to his time and task? What was true of the Greek Demigod was
likewise true of Charles Sumner. His study of the law for instance formed
but a part of his great prepa