Author : John Ordronaux
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ISBN 13 : 9781332111046
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Book Synopsis Celebration of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Founding of the Old Colony Historical Society of Massachusetts by : John Ordronaux
Download or read book Celebration of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Founding of the Old Colony Historical Society of Massachusetts written by John Ordronaux and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Celebration of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Founding of the Old Colony Historical Society of Massachusetts: Commemorative Oration, Delivered at Taunton, Massachusetts, May 4, 1903 My presence among you to-day is an event which justly awakens feelings of profound gratitude and astonishment; of gratitude, because of the length of days with continuing health granted me by our Almighty Father; and, next, of astonishment at the rare combination of circumstances which has assigned me so prominent a part in the exercises of the occasion. This Golden Anniversary, so gratifying to you, is a day of startling reminiscences to me. All my fellow members who assembled in the study of Rev. Mr. Emery half a century ago to organize this Society, have gone to their final reward, and I, alone, spared by the will of a benevolent Creator, am present as their last survivor to participate in these festivities. Surely, no reflecting mind can fail to see the guiding hand of a superintending Providence in these mysteries of survivorship which cluster about longevity. It is fifty years to-day since the General Court of Massachusetts granted to the Old Colony Historical Society a charter bestowing upon it an official life, with the right of perpetual succession. I was here at that time as a young lawyer recently admitted to the Bar, and a participant in the organization of this Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
