Excerpt from Oration: Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Boston, On the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1876

God, that as a reunited people, this nation bows before thee in this memorable hour, that thou hast put away all feeling of bitterness from between us, and from the North and the South, the East and the West, we come up together into thy kingdom of peace and love. Bless, we pray thee, 'our mother country and her Queen, remove all memories of ancient strife from our hearts, and grant that the ties of blood and of faith may bind us together through centuries to come. Rule thou in, the hearts of our rulers in the spirit of loyalty and incorrupt faithful ness, and grant that this people may be indeed a nation whose God is the Lord, built upon that right eousness which alone can exalt a people. Hear us, we pray thee, strengthen us in thy faith and love, and let thy kingdom come and thy will be done. We ask it as disciples of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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