Excerpt from God's Centennial: 1776, 1876, 1976 Now, when one hundred years have elapsed, since she was born in doubt and darkness and baptized in blood, she stands forth the mightiest amongst the mighty. Her centennial rejoicings afford topics of interest to the inhabitants of every clime and realm. As Americans we feel proud of our heaven-blessed land, we rej cice in her prosperity, we hail with ven cration her stars and stripes that proudly float in every breeze, we rejoice that our eagle's dusky pin ions are revered and honored the wide world over, and are to the oppressed of every land a symbol of hope and joy. Wonderful are the ways of Provi dence, and wonderful indeed are the steps by which Columbia, beneath His guardianship, has been led to power, Opulence and honor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.