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title: 'The Centennial Meditation of Columbia: A Cantata for the Inaugural Ceremonies at Philadelphia, May 10, 1876'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Sidney Clopton Lanier, Sr.'
date: 1876-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Poetry'
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 100'
- 'Psalms 33'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lanier-1876-the-centennial-meditation-of-columbia-a-cantata-for-the-inaugural-ceremonies-at-philadelphia-may-10-1876
---

# The Centennial Meditation of Columbia: A Cantata for the Inaugural Ceremonies at Philadelphia, May 10, 1876

Cantata poem (Sidney Lanier; music by Dudley Buck) celebrating America's founding, perseverance, and civic arts—with Mayflower/Jamestown imagery and a call to praise God's grace.

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