"Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. "For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. Psalms 81, v. 1 to 4. "O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: "Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. "For thou, O God, hath proved us; thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Psalms 66, v. 8 and 9. "Let us rejoice in God and be thankful for the fulness with which he has blessed us in our basket and in our store, giving large rewards to the toil of the husbandman, so that 'our paths drop fatness.' "For the many and gentle alleviations of the hardships which in the present time of public disorder have afflicted the various pursuits of industry. "For the early evidence of the reviving energies of the business of the people: "For the measure of success which has attended the enterprise of those who go down to the sea in ships, of those who search the depths of the ocean to add to the food of man, and of those whose busy skill and handicraft combine to prepare for various use the crops of the earth and sea: "For the advantages of sound learning, placed within the reach of all children of the people, and the freedom and alacrity with which these advantages are embraced and improved: "For the opportunities of religious instruction and worship, universally enjoyed by consciences untrammelled by any human authority: "For the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ, for the means of grace and the hope of glory: "And with one accord let us bless and praise God for the oneness of heart, mind and purpose in which he has united the people of this ancient Commonwealth for the defence of the rights, liberties, and honor, of our beloved country. "May we stand forever in the same mind, remembering the devoted lives of our fathers, the precious inheritance of freedom received at their hands, the weight of glory which awaits the faithful, and the infinity of blessing which it is our privilege, if we will, to transmit to the countless generations of the future. "And while our tears flow, in a stream of cordial sympathy, with the daughters of our people, just now bereft, by the violence of the wicked and rebellious, of the fathers and husbands and brothers and sons, whose heroic blood has made verily sacred the soil of Virginia, and mingling with the waters of the Potomac, has made the river now and forever ours; let our souls arise to God on the wings of Praise, in thanksgiving that He has again granted to us the privilege of living unselfishly, and of dying nobly, in a grand and righteous cause: "For the precious and rare possession of so much devoted valor and heroism: "For the sentiment of pious duty which distinguished our fathers in the camp and in the field: "And for the sweet and blessed consolations which accompany the memories of these dear sons of Massachusetts on to immortality: