Come, ye Christian sects and pagan, Pope and Protestant and priest-- Worshipers of God and Dagan, Come, O come, to Freedom's feast. Come, ye sons of doubt and wonder, Indian, Moslem, Greek or Jew; All your shackles burst asunder-- Freedom's banner waves for you. Cease to butcher one another-- Join the covenant of peace; Be to all, a friend--a brother, This will bring the world's release. Lo! our King, the great Messiah, Prince of Peace, shall come to reign; Sound again, ye heavenly choir, Peace on earth, good will to men. On arriving at the Bowery, the escort was received with shouts of "HOSANNA TO GOD AND THE LAMB!" While the Governor and suite, Patriarch and Presiding Bishops were passing down the aisle, the people cheered and shouted, "HAIL TO THE GOVERNOR OF DESERET." These being seated on the stand by the committee, the escort marched around the Bowery, singing an appropriate hymn--then down the aisle, and were seated in double rows on each side. The assembly was called to order, and prayer offered by Apostle Erastus Snow. Richard Ballantyne, chairman of the twenty-four young men, came to the stand, and, in a neat speech, presented the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States to Governor Young, which was received with three shouts, "MAY THEY LIVE FOREVER!" led by Governor Young. The Declaration of Independence was then read, the brass band following with lively airs, after which the following Song of Liberty, by E. R. S. Smith, was sung by the twenty-four young ladies: SONG OF LIBERTY. Long, long ago, when Earth and Time Were in the morn of life, All joyous in their lovely prime, With fragrant beauty rife. All nature then in order crowned With perfect harmony; Luxuriant products clothed the ground, O, there was liberty. No vail obscured the worlds on high From those that dwelt on earth; But in the pathway of the sky, They journeyed back and forth. Then God and angels talked with men, And woman, too, was free, For both were pure and sinless then, In perfect liberty. The curse pursued transgression's track, And man from God was driven, Until the Priesthood brought him back, To do the will of heaven. We'll shout hosanna to the Lord, For what is yet to be, When earth and man will be restored To God and liberty. We see the lighthouse brightly blaze Far o'er the boisterous wave; With cheering prospects thus we gaze On hopes beyond the grave; For woman, if submissive here To God's divine decree, Restored, will fill a noble sphere In glorious liberty. The Lord has set His gracious hand, And by His mighty power, He led His people to this land-- Preparing for the hour; For Earth and Time are growing old, And soon Eternity Will to the Saints of God unfold CELESTIAL LIBERTY.