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FEBRUARY 23, 1908

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FIFTH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

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FORD HALL MEETINGS

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PART I.
Miss HELEN TUFTS, Violin
Mr. ]ORN WILLS, Flute

Mr. GIOVANNI IMPERATO, Vio{a
Miss BESSIE TUFTS, Pia~o
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AUTHOR'S READING.

. :Mrs. JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY MARKS

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BIRTHDAY COMMITTEE
GEORGE BREWSTER GALLUP, Chairman
Miss H. V .. HATH.>\.\VAY

J. T . PENNINGTON, Secretary
Miss MINNIE A. NOYES

JORN J. SULLIVAN

RESOLUTIONS TO { Mr. J.P. ROBERTS , TO THE FORD HALL rsHERS l
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RESOLUTIONS TO Miss MARY CAROLI~E CRAWFORD

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Mr. GIOVANNI IMPERATO, Viola
Miss BESSIE TUFTS, Piano
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Miss HELEN TUFTS, Violin
Mr. JOHN WILLS, Flute

''Serenade''

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BIRTHDAY COMMITTEE
GEORGE BREWSTER GALL.UP, Chairman
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J. T. P!'NNINGTON, Secretary
Miss MINNIE A. NOYES

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JOHN J. SULLIVAN

RESOLUTIONS TO { Mr . J.P. ROBERTS, TO THE FORD HALL "CSHERS}
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AND TO Mr. JOHN H. GUTTERSON
RESOLUTIONS To Miss MARY CAROLINE CRAWFORD

J. T. PENNINGTON
Miss HATHAWAY

RESOLUTIONS TO THE BOSTON BAPTIST SOCIAL UNION

JOHN. J. SULLIVAN

EXTRACTS FROM BIRTHDAY LETTERS

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PART III.
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ADDRESS .

"The Social Value of Free Speech"

. Dr. 0. P. G.rFFORD , of Brookline

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GEORGE W. COLEMAN, Chairman and Director of Meetings
Miss MARY C. CRAWFORD, Secretary for the Meetings
Office Hours at Room 707, Ford Building, State House Hill, 3 ,30 to 4 •30 daily, except Saturday•:.. Tclephooe, Haymarket 2247

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE
James P. Roberts

John Moseley
Jefferson L. Harbour

Harry P. Bosson
William E. Macurda

Jesse E. Perry

Benjamin N. Upham

COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS
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GEORGE W. COLEMAN, Chairman and Director of Meetings
Miss MARY C. CRAWFORD, Secretary for the Meetings
Office Hours at Room 707, Ford Building, State House Hill, 3.30 to 4.30 daily, except Saturdays;.. Telephone, Haymarket 2247

COMMITTEE IN CHARGE
James P. Roberts

John Moseley
Jefferson L. Harbour

Jesse E. Perry

Harry P. Bosson
William E. Macurda

Benjamin N. Upham

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COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS

Rev. Edward Cummings
Rev. Edward H. Chandler
Rev. Dillon Bronson .
Mrs. Glendower Evans
Mrs. Richard Y. FitzGerald
Miss Ellen Paine Huling
Meyer Bloomfield
Franklin H. Wentworth
Russell B. Kingman
Robert A •. Woods
. Henry Abrahams
Edwin D. Mead
John T. Prince
_ James P. Munroe
George B. Gallup
INSIDE

FORD HALL USHERS

J. P. ROBERTS, Chief
Arthur H. Axberg
William Clark
Nathan I. Goodman
Morris Vutense
Louis J. Dodsworth Jack Kaufman
Harry E. Burrough Herbert L. Greene
Maurice A. Margolis
Arthur F. Thomson
Herbert P. Ware

OUTSIDE

J. S. BALLOU, Chief
H. McCulloch
Samuel Hurvitz
Samuel .Sackmary William White
F. 0. Mitchell
.Samuel Richmond, Jr.
Jacob Levy
Miss Bessie Ogilvie

HOW SUPPORTED: These Meetings are made possible through the funds left to the Boston
Baptist Social Union (in whose Hall we meet) by the late DANIEL SHARP FORD, who owned The Youth's
Companion. The management is in the hands of a Committee from the Social Union.
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"FORD

\Vhy stream the "Folks ·· at even tide ,
\Vith earnest look and rapid stride,
To Beacon Hill?

HALL

FOLKS."

\Vhy crowd the street from end to end,
Until the throng the corners bend,
And doorways fill?
Not one has face with gloom o'ercast,
.Not one is priest of ·'worn out" past,
In that great line .

With utmost freedom of the mind,
Though varied much in force and kind,
Each speaks his wor-d.

Th~y've found an altar, just and strong,
By ·kindness built, to banish wrong,
- And _good incline.

No clash of age, or sex, or clan,
So common to the common man ,
Is herein heard.

Eich takes hi s place and waits his turn,
To file within, where fires burn,
And hopes entwine.

This is the Forum of the free,
Discussing things that are to be;
Without a fear.

Here frailest maid, and humblest man,
And merest child, of mill-worn clan,
May life refine.


Here each one dreams of golden days ,
When love's pure thoughts, and love's sweet ways,
Shall bring men near.

This brightly lit, and spacious Hall,
Besieged by throngs of great and small,
Seems ali divine.

In those great days ; on earth shall be,

No empty temple, lone, and bare,
\,Vhere few are found to offer pray·r,
I s this gre~t shrine.

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With songs, and pray'r and sentiment,
They raise their hearts in love's great vent,
And none decline.
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The Master of the feast is there, .
To guide the host, the way prepare;.
And wisdom twine.
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No color then, no social need,
No heart without its fullest meed,
When all are ,;,en.

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No Jew or Gentile, bond or free,
But only men. -·

rVith my love ,'t'nd admiration,

FREDERICK B. GREUL .

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AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL

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0 beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain, .
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
0 beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress,
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!

·O beautiful for glorious tale
Of liberating strife,
.When valiantly, for man's avail,
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine!
0 beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed. by human tears!
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Each takes his place and waits his turn,
To file . within, where fires burn,
And hopes entwine.

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Here frailest maid, and humblest man,
And merest child, of mill-worn clan,
May life refine.


Here each one dreams of golden days,
\Vhen love's pure thoughts, and love's sweet ways,
Shall bring men near'.

This brightly lit, and spacious Hall,
Besieged by throngs of great and small,
Seems all divine.

No Jew or Gentile, bond or free,
In those great days, on earth shall be,
But only men.

No empty temple, lone, and bare,
\,Vhere few are found to offer pray"r,
Is this great shrine.

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This is the Forum of tke free,
Discuss ing things tkat are to be,
Without a fear .

No color then, no social need ,
No heart without its fullest meed,
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FREDERICK B. GREUL.
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL

0 beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain, .
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea tc shining sea!
0 beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress,
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

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•O beautiful for glorious tale
Of liberating strife,
. When valiantly, for man's avail,
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine!

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0 beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

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0 GOD OF EARTH AND ALTAR

0 God of earth and altar
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not Thy thund·e r from us,
But take away our pride.

(To the music of "Webb")
From all that terror teaches.
From lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches
That comfort cruel men,
From sale and profanation
Of honor and the sword,
From sleep and from damnation,
Deliver us, good Lord.

Tie in a living tether
The priest and prince and thrall,
Bind all our lives _ogether;
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Smite us and save 'us all;
In ire and exultation
Aflame with faith, and free;
Lift up a living nation,
A single sword to Thee. ~
-G. K. Ckesterto11.



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Ford Hall: what magic in its name; what a charmed
atmosphere surrounds . it! 'Tis Christmas · Eve; I am
penning these lines while the Christmas carols are being
chant~d in the adjoining streets: "Peace on earth, good
\\'i1l to men." Ah, the dream of the millennium. I arise
sore at heart; open the window of my rear room; tlie:re
MRS. MARKS
stands Ford Hall: how silent, how mute, but hold,-how .
DR . ~IFFORD
eloquent and majestic it is, even in its muteness, for it
seems to cry_
9ut in the night,-"Why can Jew and Gentile, rich or poor. meet ·here on common ground as
brothers all, and not ev<.:rywhere! '' '' 'Tis Sunday, come Stranger, from whatever clime, professing whatever
faith, and enter with me, within its portals, dedicated to the brotherhood of man.'' Note how joyous everyone
appears to be! There is the Jew, the negro, the Irish, the Italian, the Yankee, aye, even the Turk; never a
disturbance, never even an ill-spoken word, my honor for
it, though they have been standing in the cold without for
two hours full. And this, for five seasons past! Ah, the
Sunday nights, how I long for them! Kind and genial
Coleman in the chair; sweet and sisterly Miss Crawford at
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Sunday evening theatre concerts once held charms for
me; oh, the horror of it. The speaker has rendered his
discourse; many have disagreed with him, but mark you,
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not one discourteous act has been rioted. I am a Jew, you
MR. GALLUP
know, and some of the dearest friends I possess \\·ere
formerly rabid J<.:w-haters. But such animosity cannot exist in Ford Ha11 atmosphere; it melts. And
you may rest assured that I in return have learned to love my Christian neighbors, God bless them.
Such is Christianity, Stranger, as Ford Hall expounds it.

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will to men." Ah, the dream of the millennium. I arise
sore at heart; open the window of my rear room ; the,e
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stands Ford Hall: how silent, how mute , but hold,-how
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eloquent and majestic it is, even in its muteness, for it
seems to cry out in the night,-"Why can Jew and Gentile , rich or poor, meet here on common ground a~
brothers all , and not evc.:rywhere! '' '' ' Tis Sunday, ,come Stranger, from whatever clime, professing whatever
faith, and enter with me, within its portals, ded_cated to the brotherhood of man.'' Note how joyous everyone
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appears to be! There is the Jew, the negro , the Irish, the Italian , the Yankee, aye, even the Turk; never a
disturbance, never even an ill-spoken word, my honor for
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MR . GALLUP
know, and some of the dearest friends I possess ,vere
formerl y rabid Jc w--haters. But such animosity cannot exist in Ford Hall atmosphere; it melts. · And
you may rest ass ured that I in return have learned to love my Christian neighbors, "Q-od bless them.
Such is Christianity, Stranger, as Ford Hall expounds it.

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A parting word as regards your Chairman at Ford
Hall. Speaking as a Jew on behalf of the Jews, I can
truthfully state with all sincerity, that the name of
George W. Coleman is held with the tenderest affection·;
while his lofti:qess of purpose, combined with such genial
pers·onality. has attained for him a popularity among them
that cannot be likened unto another in our midst.

3Jn mrnwriam.
DANIEL SHARP FORD: May his name forever be linked
with posterity, and his life's work an inspiration for others
to go and do likewise. Peace to his memory!

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SAMUEL SACKMARY,
+5 Joy Street, Bost< n.

MISS CRAWFORD

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