The flush of morn, the setting suns Have told their glories o'er and o'er One rounded year, since, heart to heart We stood with Jesus by the shore. We heard his wondrous voice; we touched His garment's hem with rev'rent hand, Then at his word, went forth to preach His coming Kingdom in the land. And following him, some willing feet The way to Emmaus have trod; And some stand on the Orient plains, And some--upon the mount of God! While over all, and under all, The Master's eye, the Master's arm, Have led in paths we have not known, Yet kept us from the touch of harm. One year of golden days and deeds, Of gracious growth, of service sweet; And now beside the shore again We gather at the Master's feet. "Blest be the tie that binds," we sing; Yet to the bending blue above We look, beyond the face of friends, To mark the coming of the Dove. Descend upon us as we wait With open heart--with open Word; Breathe on us, mystic Paraclete Breathe on us, Spirit of the Lord! Another song of the second Assembly, and sung through the years since at the services of the Chautauqua Circle, was written and set to music by Miss Lucy J. Rider of Chicago, afterward Mrs. Lucy Rider Meyer, one of the founders of the Deaconess movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church. It begins with the lines: The winds are whispering to the trees, The hill-tops catch the strain, The forest lifts her leafy gates To greet God's host again. In the year of which we are writing, 1877, Mary A. Lathbury gave to Chautauqua two songs which have become famous, and are to be found in every hymnal published during the last generation. One is the Evening Song of Praise, "Day is dying in the West," written to be sung at the even-tide conferences beside the lake. The other, beginning, "Break thou the bread of life," was the study song for the Normal Classes. Another, less widely known abroad, but sung every year at Chautauqua is the Alumni Song, "Join, O friends, in a memory song." These were a few of the many songs written by Miss Lathbury at Dr. Vincent's request, and set to music by Professor Sherwin. Originally composed for the Normal Class, then the most prominent feature on the program, after the Chautauqua Circle arose to greatness in 1878, they were adopted as the songs of that widespread organization. For the C. L. S. C. a class song was written each year, until the Chautauqua songs grew into a book. Not all of these class songs have become popular, but quite a number are still sung at the Institution, especially at class-meetings and in the Recognition Day services.