building on Victoria Square, and after the one on Dominion Square, have crumbled to the dust; after this tablet has been obliterated by the sure and tireless and never-ending work of time; after the prophecies of these three days have been fulfilled, so far as they have been in harmony with the will of God; after tongues have ceased; after knowledge has been done away by larger restatements of knowledge; after yon mountain has gone to the plain,-for your own honored Sir William Dawson maintained it was but the type of evanescence; after the beautiful St. Lawrence has ceased to run to the sea; yes, after this fair city gives way to that holy city, the new Jerusalem let down from God out of heaven, these influences, all anchored to Christ, will abide, for the simple reason that the world passeth away, and the fashion thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever, and for the deeper reason that Christ Himself is the same yesterday, to-day, yea, and forever. BOSTON COMMEMORATION THE PROGRAM Thursday, June 13 State House I: 30 P. M. RECEPTION BY GOVERNOR W. MURRAY CRANE Presiding Officer, HON. FRANklin W. Smith, Washington, D. C. Hymn.. Historical Address. .Howard Williams (representing Sir Lord Kinnaird Hon. Granville Waldegrave Messrs. J. H. Putterill, William H. Written by Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney . Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D. D., Cambridge Unveiling Commemorative Tablet..Arthur S. Johnson, President Boston Music..... Benediction. Association .Apollo Quartet Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu Addresses... Presiding Officer, HON. JOSIAH H. QUINCY .Lieutenant-Governor John L. Bates Lord Kinnaird, London, England Rev. Adolf Hoffman, Geneva, Swit- Charles Fermaud, Geneva, Switzer land M. L. Rallia Ram, Amritsar, India 5:30 P. M. Addresses... Vendome Hotel BANQUET AND REUNION OF SIXTY-ONE PIONEER MEMBERS Presiding Officer, GEORGE A. MINER .Hon. Alden Speare Joseph Story, Ex-President Boston William H. Lincoln, Ex-President W. W. Doherty, Ex-President Bos- Franklin W. Smith, Ex-President R. C. Morse, New York John L. Wheat, Louisville, Ky. Original Poem by C. B. Botsford... Read by Rev. M. K. Deming THE ADDRESS OF THE LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSOCIATION TO THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION The President, Vice-Presidents, Committee and Members of the Central Young Men's Christian Association, London, England, to the Officers and Members of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association. Beloved Brethren and Fellow Workers:-The celebration of the Jubilee of your association presents to us the welcome opportunity of expressing our brotherly greetings and warmest congratulations on the completion of fifty years' work in the interests of young men. The formation of the first association in the United States of America was an occasion of great joy to the parent association, which it is our privilege to represent, while the continual growth and development of the work, not only in Boston, but throughout your great country, has been to us a constant source of gratification and encouragement. Ever loyal to the great purpose of the association, your efforts have been directed to the uplifting of the young manhood of your city by the employment of many and varied agencies for their spiritual, social, mental, and physical welfare. The success resulting from this work has deservedly received the recognition of all classes of the community. In this we rejoice, and with heartfelt gratitude unite with you in grateful acknowledgment of the blessing which God has given to the labors of His servants. We pray that in the coming years your association may be |