Chapter 4

“The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is;The compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.”

“The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is;The compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.”

“The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is;The compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.”

“The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is;

The compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.”

We were aware that this was to be the English motto, and that two Latin ones had also been selected. We were glad to find the Divine sentence placed where it was, and placed by itself; that it stood, as it were, infrontof the Nations as they joined one another, and moved towards the great point of attraction; that itfacedthem, and spoke as with the voice of an oracle; that while the words of men occupied their proper subordinate positionbehindthose of the book of God—out of sight—needing, as it were, to be sought for, and found, andsolicitedto announce themselves,—these stood in their solitary majesty, revealing themselves by their own light, claiming to speak as having a right to be heard, and authoritatively announcing to the diversified tribes and peoples of the earth, and to every visitant of the palace of wonders,Whosetheythemselves were, and to whom belongedall they saw.

This volume was written and in the press before we were aware thatthe inscription on the Exchangewas to bethe motto of the Exhibition; otherwise, the natural course would have been, to have taken the words in theirlatteruse rather than the former, and thus to have expounded and illustrated what Englandactually does sayto herself and the nations through the medium of the event which is bringing them together. When we first heard of what was to be the English motto of the catalogue, we were exceedingly disposed to wish it could be given in the words of the authorized version (those on the Exchange) “The earth is the Lord’s,and the fulness thereof,” instead of those of the translation in the Prayer-book, “The earth is the Lord’s, andall that therein is.” On further reflection, however, we are willing to think, that while the two expressions are substantially the same, there is just that shade of difference between them that fits each for its respective position; “thefulnessof the earth” being most appropriate to a commercial edifice,—“all thattherein is” to an industrial exhibition. However this may be, it was to us, as may be supposed, a gratifying circumstance that the first sight that met our eye, on the very threshold, or in the porch of the Palace of Industry, while making our way to the opening ceremonial, was that which assured us, that the words whose import we had been endeavouring to illustrate in “a book for the Exhibition,” were to lie beneath the eye, and to address themselves to the reason and the religious consciousness, of every individual by whom it would be visited.

The recognition of God, in connexion with the Exhibition, has always marked the references to it of its most distinguished promoter. The religious services on the day of the opening were solemn and appropriate, and seemed at once to crown and sanctify the work. “I confidently hope,”—said his Royal Highness, Prince Albert, at the banquet at the Mansion-house, in honour of the undertaking,—“I confidently hope, that the first impression which the view of this vast collection will produce upon the spectator, will be that of deep thankfulness to the Almighty for the blessings which he has bestowed upon ushere below.” It was a most impressive sight, on the opening of the splendid spectacle thus anticipated, to see some twenty-five or thirty thousand people, all under the influence of a sentiment of reverence, deeply calm, serious, and still, uniting in an act of solemn devotion, while the highest ecclesiastical dignitary in the land, standing by the side of our august sovereign, who seemed to bow in humility before the footstool of Him who is “the King of kings,” expressed in a manner the most appropriate, the “deep thankfulness” of the vast assembly “for the blessings which the Almighty has bestowed upon us,” and acknowledgedHimin the riches of nature and the wonders of art with which the edifice was filled! Every reader will probably have seen the prayer to which we thus refer. It seems, however, not inappropriate to give it a place in these pages; the more so as its sentiments are so in harmony with many of those we have been attempting to express. It was as follows:

“Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things both in heaven and in earth, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, accept, we beseech Thee, the sacrifice ofpraise and thanksgiving, and receive these our prayers which we offer up unto Thee this day on behalf of the kingdom and people of this land. We acknowledge, O Lord, that Thou hast multiplied on us blessings which Thou mightest most justly have withheld. We acknowledge that it is not because of works of righteousness which we have done, but of Thy great mercy, that we are permitted to come before Thee with the voice of thanksgiving, and that instead of humbling us for our offences, Thou hast given us cause to thank Thee for Thine abundant goodness. And now, O Lord, we beseech Thee to bless the work which Thou hast enabled us to begin, and to regard with Thy favour our purpose of knitting together in the bonds of peace and concord the different nations of the earth; for with Thee, O Lord, is the preparation of the heart in man. Of Thee it cometh that violence is not heard in our land, wasting nor destruction within its borders. It is of Thee, O Lord, that nations do not lift up the sword against each other nor learn war any more; it is of Thee that peace is within our walls and plenteousness within our palaces; it isof Thee that knowledge is increased throughout the world, for the spirit of man is from Thee, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding. Therefore, O Lord, not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thy name be all the praise. While we survey the works of art and industry which surround us, let not our hearts be lifted up that we forget the Lord our God, as if our own power and the might of our hands had gotten in this wealth. Teach us ever to remember that all this store which we have prepared cometh of Thine hand and is all Thine own. Both riches and honour come of Thee, and thou reignest over all. In Thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. Now, therefore, O God, we thank Thee; we praise Thee and intreat Thee so to overrulethis assembly of many nations, that it may tendto the advancement of Thy glory, to the diffusion of Thy Holy Word, to the increase of general prosperity, by promoting peace and goodwill among the different races of mankind. Let the many mercies which we receive from Thee dispose our hearts to serve Thee more faithfully, who art the Author and Giver of them all. And finally, O Lord, teachus so to use those earthly blessings which Thou givest us richly to enjoy, that they may not withdraw our affections from those heavenly things which Thou hast prepared for those that love and serve Thee, through the merits and mediation of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory.”

Prince Albert, after having, in the words above quoted, expressed his hope respecting the religious impression to be produced by the Exhibition, proceeded to say that he trusted itssecondlesson would be, “the conviction” that the full enjoyment of the blessings of Providence “could be realized only in proportion to the help we are prepared to render to each other; therefore only bypeace, love, and ready assistance, not only between individuals, but between the Nations of the earth.” The opening ceremonial of the first of May, was an impressive commentary on this sentiment. Within the same building were congregated the representatives of many nations, and people from every quarter of the globe. All met and mingled together in perfect harmony,and seemed at once disposed to regard each other with fraternal cordiality, and to be pervaded and possessed by those sentiments which are nourished and developed by the sunlight of love. Everybody seemed bright; good-humoured; happy; willing to please and to be pleased! It was as if all the world had met to celebrate the arrival or reign of universal concord. The Palace of Industry was the Temple of Peace. There were some military uniforms, and a few soldiers here and there, but no one thought offighting! It was not a battle,—it was not even a review. It was not War when merely making a holiday; showing himself off in his fine clothes to a gaping multitude, and startling or amusing them by his gigantic sport. A little boy—a child of some five or six years old—while we were all waiting for the coming of the Queen, got away from his mother, or sister, ran into the midst of the central crowd of dignitaries and diplomatists, walked up the steps of the platform on which was the chair of state, turned round and stood looking about happy and delighted, and then went back again to thecover of the wing from which he had escaped! The whole thing showed such a sense ofsecurity,—such a feeling in the boy that there was nothing to frighten him or to hurt himthere,—that he appeared like an impersonation of the spirit of the place. He could not have done or felt as he did in any assembly of thirty thousand people that ever met in the world before within the same walls. Such assemblages therehavebeen, and larger,—but they met for purposes of cruelty and blood,—to see men fight with beasts or with each other. In the Crystal Palace is mirrored, we trust, the dawn at least of the predicted day, when “the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM.”

Then there was to be seen for some time in apparently friendly conversation, the Iron Duke and the Lancashire cotton-spinner;—Wellington and Cobden;—the man of war and the apostle of peace! It was a suggestive sight. The old soldier did a great and necessary workin his day. By his decisive stroke at the battle of Waterloo, he terminated the protracted contentions of Europe, and gave to us, as a nation, a peace that has continued for thirty-five years.To that prolonged peace, we are in a great measure indebted for the Exhibition of Industry. It would not have been improper, therefore, if, while looking on the scene he had lived to witness,—a scene that glorified his own eighty-second birthday, and which was so different from all that he had been familiar with in his youth,—it would not have been improper if the military veteran had felt that there was a connexion between what he saw and what he haddone. Than he, we believe, there is no one more aware of the horrors of war, or who would more bitterly lament its necessity;—and though he can hardly be expected to think Peace Societies the sole or best defence of a nation, it is not to be doubted that he would welcome “permanent and universal peace,” and that he rejoices in an enterprise that may help to secure it.There they were, then,—two representative and typical men;—side by side;—talking like brothers! There they were;—the one the monument of a pastage,—the other the personal prophecy of a coming one. The one the chronicle of bygone times, when nations thought themselves “natural enemies,” and men knew of no arbiter but the sword;—the other the advocate ofanotherarbitration, and the apostle of the industrial intercourse of the world. The one was old,—the other young. Let us hope that this, too, was a type ofthe principlesthey respectively represented;—that that of appealing and trusting to the sword, is past its vigour and is falling into decay,—while that of uniting by mutual benefits, and of superseding the arguments of brute force by those of reason and love, is in its prime and manhood, and has before it a long period of service. There are a few specimens of cannon in the Exhibition, but there are far more of agricultural instruments. The time will come when none of the former will find their place in any collection of the works of “Industry,”—except, it may be, some that shall be preserved as curious, though sad and humiliating, relics of a former age. “Weapons of war” are destined to disappear, and to give place to the engine and thecompass,—the press and the tool-chest,—the plough and the pruning-hook!

The incidents thus referred to, were felt to be suggestive of many thoughts in harmony with the sentiment last quoted from the speech of Prince Albert. That sentiment, however, received ampler illustration by what was seen on the reading of the address of the Commissioners to her Majesty,—by the closing language of that address itself,—and by her Majesty’s reply. The procession that approached the throne for the presentation of the address, consisted not only of Englishmen headed by the Consort of the Sovereign, but of the foreign representatives of twenty-six different nations, states, or kingdoms. These, for the time, were allONE;—one body,—filled with one sentiment, pervaded, as it were, by one soul;—and they all united in uttering through their common head, in the name of their several countries, and in the presence of a multitude almost as mixed and multifarious as themselves, the following words:—

“It is our heartfelt prayer that this undertaking,which has for its endthe promotion of all branches of human industry, andthe strengtheningof the bonds of peace and friendshipAMONG ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH, may, by the blessing of Divine Providence, conduce to the welfare of your Majesty’s people, and be long remembered among the brightest circumstances of your Majesty’speacefulandhappy reign.”

It was a great thing to see the representatives of Austria and Denmark, France and Belgium, Prussia and Germany, Russia and Rome, Spain and Portugal, Turkey and Tuscany, the United States, Tunis, Sardinia, Greece, and of many other lands, joining together in the expression of a common hope, and the utterance of a united prayer, that what they were doing might “strengthen the bonds of peace and friendship among all the nations of the earth;” and to think, too, that they did this, not only in their own names, and in those of their respective countries, but in the name ofalllands and peoples in the world that might have any contribution in the Exhibition, whether they had personal representatives among the Commissioners or not. The closing paragraph of her Majesty’s reply echoed the closing sentiment of the address,—a sentiment that came to her like an utterance from theheart of universal humanity! It was an over-powering sight, by the way,—that of one so young, elevated in the midst of so vast a multitude, and virtually receiving the homage of so many nations:

“A wondrous sceptre ’tis to bear;Strange mystery of God which setUpon her brow yon coronet,—The foremost crownOf all the earth on one so fair!That chose her to it from her birth,And badethe sons of all the earthTo her bow down.”

“A wondrous sceptre ’tis to bear;Strange mystery of God which setUpon her brow yon coronet,—The foremost crownOf all the earth on one so fair!That chose her to it from her birth,And badethe sons of all the earthTo her bow down.”

“A wondrous sceptre ’tis to bear;Strange mystery of God which setUpon her brow yon coronet,—The foremost crownOf all the earth on one so fair!That chose her to it from her birth,And badethe sons of all the earthTo her bow down.”

“A wondrous sceptre ’tis to bear;

Strange mystery of God which set

Upon her brow yon coronet,—

The foremost crown

Of all the earth on one so fair!

That chose her to it from her birth,

And badethe sons of all the earth

To her bow down.”

Although the closing passage in her Majesty’s speech is that to which we confine our attention, as the speech itself is very brief, we give it entire:

“I receive with the greatest satisfaction the address which you have presented to me on the opening of this Exhibition.

“I have observed with a warm and increasing interest the progress of your proceedings in the execution of the duties intrusted to you by the Royal Commission; and it affords me sincere gratification to witness the successful result ofyour judicious and unremitting exertions inTHE SPLENDID SPECTACLEby which I am this day surrounded.

“I cordially concur with you in the prayer, that by God’s blessing this undertaking may conduceto the welfare of my people, andto the common interests of the human race, by encouraging the arts of peace and industry,strengthening the bonds of union among the nations of the earth, and promoting a friendly and honourable rivalry in the useful exercise of those faculties which have been conferred by a beneficent Providence for the good and the happiness of mankind.”

But we must draw to a close. There were many other incidents on which we could willingly linger, as illustrative of the views we had always indulged of the character and tendencies of the great experiment. The union in one edifice of such an unprecedented number of human beings, was itself a most imposing and magnificent spectacle. The Queen appeared to feel this. As she stood in a position to command a view of the vast spaces of the building, all of which were densely filled, she seemed impressed with a senseof awe at the sublime spectacle, and could not help, even during the reading of the address of the Commissioners, partially withdrawing her attention from them, to steal a glance at “the splendid spectacle by which she was surrounded.” That spectacle, however, partook of the tender, the beautiful, and the domestic even, as well as the sublime. Into it, the Queen and her illustrious Consort came, each leading by the hand one of their children! Up and down, through and amongst that mass of people, they moved together in the same manner. Pomp and state were in some degree laid aside, and the sovereign, for the time, seemed to have become one with the people. She was received with affection, as well as loyalty; and appeared to enjoy and to acknowledge her reception, not so much as a crowned Queen, as a happywoman, an elated wife, and a loving mother! It must have been the most wonderful hour in the whole life of Prince Albert,—that hour of the opening of the Exhibition!—intense must have been the feelings with which he looked on the realization of his great idea; the end of so much anxiety; the commencement of the harvest of so much hope! Everythingwas propitious. The sun in the heavens shone down upon the scene with unwonted brightness, as if He who “sits in the centre” thereof, approved the undertaking and blessed it from on high. There was not an accident of any sort,—nothing for one moment to excite alarm, to produce panic, or occasion apprehension in the mind of the assembly. In spite of the tens of thousands that filled it, in no part of the edifice was there crack or strain, the indication of weakness, or any sign of insecurity. The outdoor crowds, instead of being disposed to rudeness or riot, or capable of being excited to tumult and rebellion (!), would seem to have been more than usually pacific; a sort of restraint appears to have been upon the worst even of those who congregate on such occasions; for, on the following day, there were no cases of either quarrels or robberies such as ordinarily attend state pageants and civic processions. The royal Patrons of peace and industry retired from the scene in which they had developed a new phase of royalty, and read a new lesson to kings, amid the benedictions and prayers of the multitude with whom they had met and mingled.They could not but retire happy and glad; grateful to God for what they had witnessed, and what they had done; and, in the fulness of their emotions of devout thankfulness, like David, perhaps, “returned home to bless their household.” As it is not likely that anything will occasion agreatergathering of the populace in the parks, in connexion with the Exhibition, and as the ceremony of the opening has given such a glow of cheerfulness and confidence to the public mind, it is to be hoped that the many prophecies and prognostications of evil, which some have indulged in, will now cease, and that all will unite, by cordial sympathy with the great object, and fervent prayer to Almighty God, to seek the realization of those peaceful, patriotic, and world-wide results, which many of the wise and good hope that “the Great Exhibition” may be an instrument in the hand of Providence to secure, and which as Englishmen, Christians, and lovers of our kind, we ought all constantly and earnestly to pursue. In this way, every devout man may help to hasten that anticipatedFUTURE, some of the general characteristics of which we have endeavoured to deduce from the Scriptural mottoon the books of the Exhibition. Of that period a pregnant and impressive type was presented in the opening ceremonial, when, in the bearing of all the nations of the earth,representatively present in the spacious edifice, there rose up,—to the praise and glory of that God, “whose is the earth and the fulness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein,” and to whom we are indebted not only for “all the blessings of this life,” but for “the means of grace, and the hope of glory,”—the grand, solemn,propheticsong,—

“Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.King of kings, and Lord of lords. Hallelujah!”

“Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.King of kings, and Lord of lords. Hallelujah!”

“Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.King of kings, and Lord of lords. Hallelujah!”

“Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

King of kings, and Lord of lords. Hallelujah!”

With the following stanzas, descriptive of the different parts of the scene thus reviewed, we here close our pleasant labour:

THE GATHERING OF THE NATIONS.“A peaceful place it was but now,And lo! within its shining streetsA multitude of nations meets:A countless throngI see beneath the crystal bow,And Gaul and German, Russ and Turk,Each with his native handiworkAnd busy tongue.I felt a thrill of love and aweTo mark the different garb of each,The changing tongue, the various speechTogether blent.A thrill, methinks, like His who saw“All people dwelling upon earthPraising our God with solemn mirthAnd one consent.”THE PRAYER.“High Sovereign in your Royal state!Captains and Chiefs and Councillors,Before the lofty palace doorsAre open set,Hush! ere you pass the shining gate;Hush! ere the heaving curtain draws,And let the Royal pageant pauseA moment yet.People and Prince a silence keep!Bow coronet and kingly crown,Helmet and plume bow lowly down;The while the priestBefore the splendid portal step,While still the wondrous banquet stays,From Heaven supreme a blessing praysUpon the feast!”…“Behold her in her Royal place:A gentle lady—and the handThat sways the sceptre of this landHow frail and weak!Soft is the voice, and fair the face;She breathes Amen to prayer and hymn,No wonder that her eyes are dim,And pale her cheek.”PEACE AND CONCORD.“The representatives of manHere from the far Antipodes,And from the subject Indian seas,In congress meet;From Afric and from Hindostan,From western continent and isle,The envoys of her empire pileGifts at her feet.Our brethren cross the Atlantic tides,Loading the gallant decks which onceRoar’d a defiance to our guns,With peaceful store;Symbol of peace, their vessel rides!O’er English waves float Star and Stripe,And firm their friendly anchors gripeThe father shore!”…“Look yonder, where the engines toil;These England’s arms of conquest are—The trophies of her bloodless war:Brave weapons these!Victorious over wave and soil,With these she sails, she weaves, she tills,Pierces the everlasting hills,And spans the seas!The engine roars upon its race,The shuttle whirrs along the woof,The people hum from floor to roof,With Babel tongue.The fountain in the basin plays,The chanting organ echoes clear,An awful chorus ’tis to hear,—A wondrous song!Swell, organ,—swell your trumpet blast!March, Queen and Royal pageant, marchBy splendid aisle and springing archOf this fair Hall.And see! above the fabric vast,God’s boundless Heaven is bending blue,God’s peaceful Sun is beaming through,And shining over all!”

THE GATHERING OF THE NATIONS.“A peaceful place it was but now,And lo! within its shining streetsA multitude of nations meets:A countless throngI see beneath the crystal bow,And Gaul and German, Russ and Turk,Each with his native handiworkAnd busy tongue.I felt a thrill of love and aweTo mark the different garb of each,The changing tongue, the various speechTogether blent.A thrill, methinks, like His who saw“All people dwelling upon earthPraising our God with solemn mirthAnd one consent.”THE PRAYER.“High Sovereign in your Royal state!Captains and Chiefs and Councillors,Before the lofty palace doorsAre open set,Hush! ere you pass the shining gate;Hush! ere the heaving curtain draws,And let the Royal pageant pauseA moment yet.People and Prince a silence keep!Bow coronet and kingly crown,Helmet and plume bow lowly down;The while the priestBefore the splendid portal step,While still the wondrous banquet stays,From Heaven supreme a blessing praysUpon the feast!”…“Behold her in her Royal place:A gentle lady—and the handThat sways the sceptre of this landHow frail and weak!Soft is the voice, and fair the face;She breathes Amen to prayer and hymn,No wonder that her eyes are dim,And pale her cheek.”PEACE AND CONCORD.“The representatives of manHere from the far Antipodes,And from the subject Indian seas,In congress meet;From Afric and from Hindostan,From western continent and isle,The envoys of her empire pileGifts at her feet.Our brethren cross the Atlantic tides,Loading the gallant decks which onceRoar’d a defiance to our guns,With peaceful store;Symbol of peace, their vessel rides!O’er English waves float Star and Stripe,And firm their friendly anchors gripeThe father shore!”…“Look yonder, where the engines toil;These England’s arms of conquest are—The trophies of her bloodless war:Brave weapons these!Victorious over wave and soil,With these she sails, she weaves, she tills,Pierces the everlasting hills,And spans the seas!The engine roars upon its race,The shuttle whirrs along the woof,The people hum from floor to roof,With Babel tongue.The fountain in the basin plays,The chanting organ echoes clear,An awful chorus ’tis to hear,—A wondrous song!Swell, organ,—swell your trumpet blast!March, Queen and Royal pageant, marchBy splendid aisle and springing archOf this fair Hall.And see! above the fabric vast,God’s boundless Heaven is bending blue,God’s peaceful Sun is beaming through,And shining over all!”

THE GATHERING OF THE NATIONS.

“A peaceful place it was but now,And lo! within its shining streetsA multitude of nations meets:A countless throng

“A peaceful place it was but now,

And lo! within its shining streets

A multitude of nations meets:

A countless throng

I see beneath the crystal bow,And Gaul and German, Russ and Turk,Each with his native handiworkAnd busy tongue.

I see beneath the crystal bow,

And Gaul and German, Russ and Turk,

Each with his native handiwork

And busy tongue.

I felt a thrill of love and aweTo mark the different garb of each,The changing tongue, the various speechTogether blent.A thrill, methinks, like His who saw“All people dwelling upon earthPraising our God with solemn mirthAnd one consent.”

I felt a thrill of love and awe

To mark the different garb of each,

The changing tongue, the various speech

Together blent.

A thrill, methinks, like His who saw

“All people dwelling upon earth

Praising our God with solemn mirth

And one consent.”

THE PRAYER.

“High Sovereign in your Royal state!Captains and Chiefs and Councillors,Before the lofty palace doorsAre open set,Hush! ere you pass the shining gate;Hush! ere the heaving curtain draws,And let the Royal pageant pauseA moment yet.

“High Sovereign in your Royal state!

Captains and Chiefs and Councillors,

Before the lofty palace doors

Are open set,

Hush! ere you pass the shining gate;

Hush! ere the heaving curtain draws,

And let the Royal pageant pause

A moment yet.

People and Prince a silence keep!Bow coronet and kingly crown,Helmet and plume bow lowly down;The while the priest

People and Prince a silence keep!

Bow coronet and kingly crown,

Helmet and plume bow lowly down;

The while the priest

Before the splendid portal step,While still the wondrous banquet stays,From Heaven supreme a blessing praysUpon the feast!”

Before the splendid portal step,

While still the wondrous banquet stays,

From Heaven supreme a blessing prays

Upon the feast!”

…

…

“Behold her in her Royal place:A gentle lady—and the handThat sways the sceptre of this landHow frail and weak!Soft is the voice, and fair the face;She breathes Amen to prayer and hymn,No wonder that her eyes are dim,And pale her cheek.”

“Behold her in her Royal place:

A gentle lady—and the hand

That sways the sceptre of this land

How frail and weak!

Soft is the voice, and fair the face;

She breathes Amen to prayer and hymn,

No wonder that her eyes are dim,

And pale her cheek.”

PEACE AND CONCORD.

“The representatives of manHere from the far Antipodes,And from the subject Indian seas,In congress meet;From Afric and from Hindostan,From western continent and isle,The envoys of her empire pileGifts at her feet.

“The representatives of man

Here from the far Antipodes,

And from the subject Indian seas,

In congress meet;

From Afric and from Hindostan,

From western continent and isle,

The envoys of her empire pile

Gifts at her feet.

Our brethren cross the Atlantic tides,Loading the gallant decks which onceRoar’d a defiance to our guns,With peaceful store;

Our brethren cross the Atlantic tides,

Loading the gallant decks which once

Roar’d a defiance to our guns,

With peaceful store;

Symbol of peace, their vessel rides!O’er English waves float Star and Stripe,And firm their friendly anchors gripeThe father shore!”

Symbol of peace, their vessel rides!

O’er English waves float Star and Stripe,

And firm their friendly anchors gripe

The father shore!”

…

…

“Look yonder, where the engines toil;These England’s arms of conquest are—The trophies of her bloodless war:Brave weapons these!Victorious over wave and soil,With these she sails, she weaves, she tills,Pierces the everlasting hills,And spans the seas!

“Look yonder, where the engines toil;

These England’s arms of conquest are—

The trophies of her bloodless war:

Brave weapons these!

Victorious over wave and soil,

With these she sails, she weaves, she tills,

Pierces the everlasting hills,

And spans the seas!

The engine roars upon its race,The shuttle whirrs along the woof,The people hum from floor to roof,With Babel tongue.The fountain in the basin plays,The chanting organ echoes clear,An awful chorus ’tis to hear,—A wondrous song!

The engine roars upon its race,

The shuttle whirrs along the woof,

The people hum from floor to roof,

With Babel tongue.

The fountain in the basin plays,

The chanting organ echoes clear,

An awful chorus ’tis to hear,—

A wondrous song!

Swell, organ,—swell your trumpet blast!March, Queen and Royal pageant, marchBy splendid aisle and springing archOf this fair Hall.And see! above the fabric vast,God’s boundless Heaven is bending blue,God’s peaceful Sun is beaming through,And shining over all!”

Swell, organ,—swell your trumpet blast!

March, Queen and Royal pageant, march

By splendid aisle and springing arch

Of this fair Hall.

And see! above the fabric vast,

God’s boundless Heaven is bending blue,

God’s peaceful Sun is beaming through,

And shining over all!”

London: Printed by William Tyler, Bolt-Court.

In the Press, and shortly will be published.FRENCH AND GERMAN EDITIONSOFTHE ROYAL EXCHANGEANDTHE PALACE OF INDUSTRY.UNIFORM WITH THE PRESENT VOLUME.Just published.THE PALACE OF GLASSANDTHE GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE.A BOOK FOR THE EXHIBITION.Foolscap 8vo. 2s.extra cloth boards.THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.Books and Tracts suited for distribution at the present season in the following languages:ENGLISH. FRENCH. DUTCH. SPANISH. SWEDISH. GERMAN. ITALIAN. PORTUGUESE. DANISH. RUSSIAN. MODERN GREEK.May be obtained at 56, Paternoster Row, and 164, Piccadilly; also ofNisbet and Co., 21, Berners Street, Oxford Street.Soho Bazaar, Soho Square, Counters Nos. 536 & 537.Hanbury and Co., 70, Edgware Road.J. Groom, Soho Bazaar.J. F. Shaw, 27, Southampton Row.B. Seeley and Co., 2. Hanover Street, Regent Street.C. Haselden, 21, Wigmore Street.S. J. Ladd, 10, Jonson’s Place, Harrow Road.H. Fase, 1, Edwardes’ Terrace, Kensington.P. Hance, 14, Upper Gloucester Place, King’s Road, Chelsea.J. L. Porter, 43, Sloane Street.W. F. Ramsay, 11, Brompton Row.Miller and Field, 6, Bridge Road, Lambeth.J. Roberts, 2, Arabella Row, Pimlico.W. H. Dalton, 28, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.T. Varty, 81, Strand.Mrs. Press, Depository, Church Street, Hackney.W. Hands, Clapham.G. W. Medes, Camberwell.J. H. Jackson, Islington Green.W. D. Thomson, 138, Upper Street, Islington.T. K. Gorbell, 16, Hereford Place, Commercial Road East.

In the Press, and shortly will be published.

FRENCH AND GERMAN EDITIONSOFTHE ROYAL EXCHANGEANDTHE PALACE OF INDUSTRY.

UNIFORM WITH THE PRESENT VOLUME.

Just published.

THE PALACE OF GLASSANDTHE GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE.

A BOOK FOR THE EXHIBITION.

Foolscap 8vo. 2s.extra cloth boards.

THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

Books and Tracts suited for distribution at the present season in the following languages:

ENGLISH. FRENCH. DUTCH. SPANISH. SWEDISH. GERMAN. ITALIAN. PORTUGUESE. DANISH. RUSSIAN. MODERN GREEK.

May be obtained at 56, Paternoster Row, and 164, Piccadilly; also ofNisbet and Co., 21, Berners Street, Oxford Street.Soho Bazaar, Soho Square, Counters Nos. 536 & 537.Hanbury and Co., 70, Edgware Road.J. Groom, Soho Bazaar.J. F. Shaw, 27, Southampton Row.B. Seeley and Co., 2. Hanover Street, Regent Street.C. Haselden, 21, Wigmore Street.S. J. Ladd, 10, Jonson’s Place, Harrow Road.H. Fase, 1, Edwardes’ Terrace, Kensington.P. Hance, 14, Upper Gloucester Place, King’s Road, Chelsea.J. L. Porter, 43, Sloane Street.W. F. Ramsay, 11, Brompton Row.Miller and Field, 6, Bridge Road, Lambeth.J. Roberts, 2, Arabella Row, Pimlico.W. H. Dalton, 28, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.T. Varty, 81, Strand.Mrs. Press, Depository, Church Street, Hackney.W. Hands, Clapham.G. W. Medes, Camberwell.J. H. Jackson, Islington Green.W. D. Thomson, 138, Upper Street, Islington.T. K. Gorbell, 16, Hereford Place, Commercial Road East.

May be obtained at 56, Paternoster Row, and 164, Piccadilly; also of

Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners Street, Oxford Street.Soho Bazaar, Soho Square, Counters Nos. 536 & 537.Hanbury and Co., 70, Edgware Road.J. Groom, Soho Bazaar.J. F. Shaw, 27, Southampton Row.B. Seeley and Co., 2. Hanover Street, Regent Street.C. Haselden, 21, Wigmore Street.S. J. Ladd, 10, Jonson’s Place, Harrow Road.H. Fase, 1, Edwardes’ Terrace, Kensington.P. Hance, 14, Upper Gloucester Place, King’s Road, Chelsea.J. L. Porter, 43, Sloane Street.W. F. Ramsay, 11, Brompton Row.Miller and Field, 6, Bridge Road, Lambeth.J. Roberts, 2, Arabella Row, Pimlico.W. H. Dalton, 28, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.T. Varty, 81, Strand.Mrs. Press, Depository, Church Street, Hackney.W. Hands, Clapham.G. W. Medes, Camberwell.J. H. Jackson, Islington Green.W. D. Thomson, 138, Upper Street, Islington.T. K. Gorbell, 16, Hereford Place, Commercial Road East.

Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners Street, Oxford Street.Soho Bazaar, Soho Square, Counters Nos. 536 & 537.Hanbury and Co., 70, Edgware Road.J. Groom, Soho Bazaar.J. F. Shaw, 27, Southampton Row.B. Seeley and Co., 2. Hanover Street, Regent Street.C. Haselden, 21, Wigmore Street.S. J. Ladd, 10, Jonson’s Place, Harrow Road.H. Fase, 1, Edwardes’ Terrace, Kensington.P. Hance, 14, Upper Gloucester Place, King’s Road, Chelsea.

Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners Street, Oxford Street.

Soho Bazaar, Soho Square, Counters Nos. 536 & 537.

Hanbury and Co., 70, Edgware Road.

J. Groom, Soho Bazaar.

J. F. Shaw, 27, Southampton Row.

B. Seeley and Co., 2. Hanover Street, Regent Street.

C. Haselden, 21, Wigmore Street.

S. J. Ladd, 10, Jonson’s Place, Harrow Road.

H. Fase, 1, Edwardes’ Terrace, Kensington.

P. Hance, 14, Upper Gloucester Place, King’s Road, Chelsea.

J. L. Porter, 43, Sloane Street.W. F. Ramsay, 11, Brompton Row.Miller and Field, 6, Bridge Road, Lambeth.J. Roberts, 2, Arabella Row, Pimlico.W. H. Dalton, 28, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.T. Varty, 81, Strand.Mrs. Press, Depository, Church Street, Hackney.W. Hands, Clapham.G. W. Medes, Camberwell.J. H. Jackson, Islington Green.W. D. Thomson, 138, Upper Street, Islington.T. K. Gorbell, 16, Hereford Place, Commercial Road East.

J. L. Porter, 43, Sloane Street.

W. F. Ramsay, 11, Brompton Row.

Miller and Field, 6, Bridge Road, Lambeth.

J. Roberts, 2, Arabella Row, Pimlico.

W. H. Dalton, 28, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.

T. Varty, 81, Strand.

Mrs. Press, Depository, Church Street, Hackney.

W. Hands, Clapham.

G. W. Medes, Camberwell.

J. H. Jackson, Islington Green.

W. D. Thomson, 138, Upper Street, Islington.

T. K. Gorbell, 16, Hereford Place, Commercial Road East.

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