Closing Hymn. By Rev. THADDEUS MASON HARRIS. Sung after Communion at the 200th Anniversary. Give us, O Lord, the living bread With which the welcomed guests are fed; And here the cup of blessing place, Thy promised presence grant to-day, Those who so many * years ago O God, thou then didst deign to bless Benediction. *In the original hymn, two hundred years ago." Scripture Selection. By Rev. J. H. MEANS, D.D. PSALM XCV.— Oh, come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. PSALM CV.- - Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers. When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people, he suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness, and gave them the lands of the heathen, that they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. PSALM lxxviii.- Give ear, O my people, to my law : incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old; which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children: that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments. DEUTERONOMY iv.— Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep, there that fore, and do them: for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. Thou shalt keep, therefore, his statutes and his commandments, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee forever. DEUTERONOMY xxviii.- And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, that the Lord will set thee on high above all nations of the earth. The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee. And all the people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord. MATTHEW v.- Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted, Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. MATTHEW X.— - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. MATTHEW Xi.— What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what went ye out for to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. HEBREWS xi., xii.— Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth; for they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city. . . . Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Ye are come unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. I. PETER i.— All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away; but the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. REVELATIONS xiv.- I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. 2 Sermon. The Genesis and Exodus of the First Church of Dorchester. PSALM 1xxviii., 3, 4.— What we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us, we will not hide from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. PSALM CV., 13, 14, 44-35.- They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; he suffered no man to oppress them, yea, he reproved kings for their sakes. He brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness, and gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people, that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord. Hu THE Voice of Christendom to-day is a voice of song. manity lifts its heart to God in praise and gratitude for a risen Christ. The hope of immortality is fanned once more into its divinest glow. The historic past and the eternal future both vibrate in the grateful and prophetic melody of our souls. Irrespective of creed or race, we blend our gratitude, hope, and aspiration with the world-wide joy which rises to-day from earth to heaven. But, for this church and congregation, this Easter day strikes a special chord which is not dissonant with its gencral harmony. We celebrate to-day the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the gathering of this church three thousand miles across the wide ocean, on the southern shore of England. It is for us to realize that grand truth so closely imbricated in our Easter praise, that Christianity is |