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this same Christian Seminary; but now for the first time finding ourselves in these spacious halls, which thou hast newly provided for us. We are filled with wonder and joy and hope, and yet we fear also.

"Unto thee, therefore, we look, the Protector of all who trust, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy. Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy, that, thou being our Ruler and Guide, we may so do our parts, both here in this place at this time and always hereafter in our sacred ministry, as to promote more and more effectually thy righteous kingdom, and so pass through things temporal that we finally lose not the things eternal.

"Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord. AMEN."

The Choir and audience then joined in singing Hymn No. 304, "The Church's One Foundation."

The Scripture Lesson, Psalm No. cxxii, was read by the Reverend Charles Ripley Gillett, D.D., the Secretary of the Associated Alumni.

The Reverend Joseph Dunn Burrell, D.D., then offered the

“O God, our Heavenly Father, on this auspicious day we raise our hearts to Thee in thanksgiving and praise and as those who are the children of this institution especially we are grateful to Thee for what we see and know, and we bless Thee for what Thou didst for us through this Alma Mater, that Thou didst give us here that equipment which has enabled us to do something for Thee in the world, in the ministry of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are humbly grateful to Thee for that.

And we look back over the years that are gone and think of the great number of those who went out from this school of learning, went out into the world and bore its burdens and did its work, and gave their hearts and lives to Thee, and have entered into eternal rest. We rejoice in that noble record. We pray that Thou wilt help us in our day and generation to be worthy of it.

"And we rejoice as we lift up our eyes and look into the future and see the great number who shall go out from these walls in the spirit of consecration to Thee to work in the world, and to make the world better by their presence in it, in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

"O God, for all these things our hearts are grateful to Thee.

"Bless us now while we are here, this hour. Bless those who shall speak to us. May we gain something afresh of the spirit of this sacred place. May we gain anew the consecration of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and of Thee our loving God and Father. May we go away with our hearts burning within us with gratitude and love.

"These things we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord. AMEN."

The Address of Welcome was given by the Rev. Dr. Ballantine, who spoke as follows:

"FELLOW ALUMNI:

"As I happen to be, by your favor, your presiding officer for the current year, there has come to me, among other pleasant incidents, to be chosen by the Directors and Faculty of the Seminary, to convey to you in their name a welcome to these new halls of study. In spaciousness and all manner of equipment they greatly surpass any we have hitherto known our loved Seminary to possess. They probably surpass the expectations of us all, either singly or together. It is probable they surpass the fondest dreams of most of us, even for our Seminary's distant future.

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Witnessing, as we have in recent years, the steady and even rapid enlargement and enrichment of the Seminary, some of the older graduates of us become almost bewildered. It is not our achievement. We of the Alumni have rarely been situated so as to lend even appreciable help. Under God these great enlargements are the work of the Directors and the Faculty, who have both devised and accomplished them

"Let us not fail, therefore, on this day of dedication and henceforth, to give to them, the Directors and the Faculty, our hearty appreciation and their worthy meed of honor. And let us also thankfully embrace the opportunities afforded us from time to time to come in here and witness the Lord's work by these his servants.

“All our hearts are full to-day. Every one of us doubtless would like to give expression to some at least of the thoughts and feelings now welling up in our souls. But the limit of time forbids, all the time that is available being required for those who have been especially invited to address us.

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'We will first hear a brief statement regarding the Cuthbert Hall Memorial Library Fund, from Professor William Adams Brown, to whom I now give way.”

Professor Brown then made the following statement:

MR. PRESIDEnt and Fellow Alumni:

"It is with great pleasure that I stand here to make report on behalf of your Library Endowment Fund Committee, the stewardship of which you have entrusted to our care.

Two separate tasks were committed to us: First, the raising of a general library fund, the income of which should be used for the purchase of books, and secondly, and more in particular, a special memorial fund to bear the name of our beloved President, Charles Cuthbert Hall, the income of which was to be used for the purchase of books on Christian Missions.

"I have before me the latest statement of the treasurer of the fund. He tells me that the general endowment fund consists up to date of $9,423.53, to which should be added in pledges $1,205.

The Charles Cuthbert Hall Memorial Fund, I am glad to be able to announce to-day, is complete. This gratifying announcement is made possible through the generosity of an individual, himself a large donor to the fund, who had offered to guarantee the three hundred and odd dollars which are still lacking of the five thousand which we planned to raise.

"You will not misunderstand me, I am sure, if I say that those Alumni in whose heart it may lie to have some part in the completion of this work of love, have still a chance to assume to themselves any part of that remaining guarantee which they may desire, by communicating with Professor Rockwell, the Librarian, or with Dr. George S. Webster, the Secretary of the Fund.

66 It may be interesting to know some of the facts connected with this Memorial Fund, which has been contributed by one hundred and fifty to two hundred donors, who have sent in amounts ranging from five hundred dollars to twenty-five cents. Any amount, however small, which you may desire to give in loving remembrance of Dr. Hall will be gratefully received by the Committee.

"If, to the contributions to the general fund, we add the pledges outstanding, the Charles Cuthbert Hall Memorial Fund, and one further generous gift by Mrs. R. Hall McCormick, secured through one of our Alumni, of five thousand dollars for the Henry Day Memorial Fund for the further care and completion of the Bird Hymnological Library, which was Mr. Day's gift, it will appear that the net result of the effort made two years ago, has been to increase the funds

of our Library by over twenty thousand dollars, and I am sure you will hear this with gratification."

Dr. Ballantine then introduced the President of the Faculty, who delivered an address on "The Seminary's New Era."

At the conclusion of President Brown's address, Dr. Ballantine introduced the Reverend Henry Hamlin Stebbins, D.D., of the Class of 1867, who spoke on " The Claims of the Kingdom upon the Seminary.

Addresses followed by the Reverend William Pierson Merrill, D.D., of the Class of 1890, who spoke on "Our Gospel"; and the Reverend President Howard Sweetser Bliss, D.D., of the Syrian Protestant College at Beirût, whose subject was The Christian Missionary and His Message in the Twentieth Century."

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After the addresses were concluded, the Reverend Dr. Gillett, the Secretary of the Association, made the following announcements:

"I wish to call your attention to the announcement on the general program to the effect that there will be an informal luncheon at one o'clock to the Alumni and guests, which will be served in Room A, up one flight of stairs in the Administration Building.

The interval until one o'clock is only about a quarter of an hour, but I think that we shall perhaps best spend it by remaining here in this room, rather than by making a very partial inspection of the buildings, though those who desire so to do have that opportunity.

"I hold in my hands four pamphlets, samples of those which have been placed in the vestibule on the table, and also in the entrance to the Memorial Tower. Those pamphlets consist of: (1) the Proceedings at the Laying of the Cornerstone and the Inauguration of Dr. Francis Brown as President of the Seminary, (2) an Address by the Reverend Charles Cuthbert Hall on 'Spiritual Expression and Theological Science,' (3) a pamphlet on the Seminary, its Spirit and Aims, containing addresses which were made on the occasion of the Annual Dinner of the Alumni Association held in 1907, and finally (4) a pamphlet by Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall entitled, 'Notes of an Address before the Alumni of the Union Theological Seminary,' in the Adams Chapel, in 1903.

At the conclusion of this service the Choir will pass out through the centre aisle and the rest of us, being all Alumni, will remain in this room, or proceed according to our own

desire at one o'clock to the room where the luncheon will be served."

Professor William Adams Brown then made the following announcement:

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If our quarters were as large as our heart we could wish that every single alumnus could sleep in this building to-night. That is unfortunately impossible. There are, however, still a few single rooms in the building available for Alumni who may not be otherwise provided for, and as far as they go they are cordially at your service. If you will kindly communicate with Dr. McGiffert's office on the ground floor, he will see what can be done.

"The same is true of the dinner to-night. Here again we wish we could provide for everyone, but that I fear has not been possible, partly because we could not anticipate who would be here. I wish, therefore, to say that we have a number of tickets in the gallery which will be available for those alumni who will not attend the dinner, but who desire to hear the speeches which will be delivered. For these tickets also, will you kindly communicate with Dr. McGiffert or Professor Bewer. The seats in the gallery will be available at nine o'clock this evening and will afford an excellent opportunity to hear the speeches.

"Finally we wish everyone could be accommodated at the dedication services this afternoon, but because of the fact that a large number of delegates are coming from institutions all over the world, we shall have to deny ourselves the pleasure of including everyone of you, as we should wish, in the services this afternoon."

The Choir and audience then sang Hymn No. 358, “Who is On the Lord's Side?"

Prayer was then offered and the benediction pronounced by President Brown as follows:

"O Lord, who hast been our dwelling place in all generations we commit ourselves now to Thee, asking that Thou wilt guide us in the way that lieth before us, and that we may fear nothing so much as to lose touch with Thee; that if we see falsely Thou wilt enable us to see aright; that if we form wrong plans Thou wilt give us thy inspiration that we may change them to true plans; that in all things Thou wilt be with us, giving us Thy grace and enabling us more and more to learn of Thee through Jesus Christ.

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Help us, we beseech Thee, in the varied work of our lives. May each one in his daily round of service have Thy

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