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TABLE OF CONTENTS




Introduction 3


Lincoln Day:—
  Program 4
  Flag Salute 4
  God Bless Our Native Land 4
  Memorable Language of Abraham Lincoln 5
  Anecdotes of Lincoln 6
  Glimpses of Lincoln's Character 7
  Lincoln’s Boyhood 8
  Oh! Why should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud? 9
  God Speed the Right 10
  The Gettysburg Address 11
  Education a Growth 11
  Justice tempered with Mercy 11
  Lincoln—A Song 12
  Conclusion of Lincoln’s First Inaugural 12
  Your Mission 13
  Characteristics of Lincoln 14


WASHINGTON AND LOWELL DAY:—
  George Washington: Statesman, Christian Gentleman 15
  Ode for Washington’s Birthday 16
  Washington: The Brightest Name on History's Page 17
  The Glorious Roll of the American Drum 17
  Let Washington Sleep 18
  Epitaph on Washington 18
  Mt. Vernon Bells 19
  The First Snow-Fall 19
  The Heritage 20
  A Wider and Wiser Humanity 20
  To the Dandelion 21
  Washington’s Birthday 22
  The fountain 22
  The Washington Elm 23