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2. -1858 LUCKNOW 1958 A little river harnessed to turn a busy mill ' For pioneer settlers eager the fertile land to till, An auction sale of village lots, the giving of a Name Borne by an Indian city that very year in fame, Stores opening up, post office too, churches and school 7 and shops, The country bright with promise of bigger better crops, q A gravel road that northward ran, and presently the train And next a weekly paper made Lucknow stature gain. Later the Games athletic brought Centinental fame. To view the tests of prowess , the folks by thousands came. [ Old Caledonia's music her sons could ne'er forget And kilted pipers marching are part of Lucknow yet. Now looking back across the years this much we surely know That birth and death and time and change came in a cease- less flow. And still the Nine Mile River runs off to find the sea While pilgrims all together with onward look are we. The gladness of the sunshine, the fields fertility, V Th; beauty of the stars and flowers and precious gifts so " ree 1 Are ours. Let us remember all valiant hearts who gave , The courage that was needed our freedom for to save! ; A blessed helpfulness be ours'. Heirs to a storied past 1 We've debts to pay where ever our present lot IS cast. 1' Living to make the future to owe to us a debt I This is the way of payment we dare not now forget. _ May gladness of reunion with friends of other days, q i May all our time's advancement be cause for added praise . As humbly we acknowledge God's goodness to us here , And further seek His blessing in this Centennial Year.