Celebrating Chautauqua’s Birthday!
August 3, 2021
Amphitheater
Thursday Morning Brass Concert
(6:10–6:40 p.m.)
The Chautauqua Vesper Service
The Right Rev. Gene Robinson
VP of Religion and Senior Pastor
Welcome and Special Recognitions
Michael E. Hill
President
The Drooping of the Lilies
Candace Littell Maxwell
Chair, Board of Trustees
CHQ’s Birthday
Bill and Debbie Currin
Volunteer Co-Chairs, Chautauqua Fund
Roll Calls
Richard C. Karslake
The Boys' and Girls' Club Song
Greg Prechtl
Closing
God Bless America
Doktor Kaboom
Make your birthday gift to Chautauqua!
Leader: The day goeth away.
Congregation: The shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Leader: Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion:
Congregation: And unto Thee shall the vow be performed.
Leader: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Congregation: Evening and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud.
Hymn: “Softly now the light of day”
Softly now the light of day
Fades upon out sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, we would commune with Thee.
Leader: And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:
Congregation: And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Leader: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Congregation: Hymn: “Nearer, my God, to thee!”
Nearer, my God, to thee! Nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross That raiseth me —
Still all my song shall be, Nearer my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to thee!
Leader: And Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set:
Congregation: And he took the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Leader: And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven.
Congregation: And behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Reprise: “Nearer, my God, to Thee!”
Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I’d be Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
There let my way appear, Steps unto heaven;
All that Thou sendest me, In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me, Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Leader: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
Congregation: The Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
Leader: The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
This service which opens Old First Night each year is a symbolic link with Chautauqua’s beginnings. The litany was prepared by John Vincent in 1874 for Opening Day of the first Assembly meeting in the open-air Auditorium. It was the first time in the history of the church that an attempt had been made to concentrate on Sunday School work for two weeks in a camp meeting setting, mixing study and worship with recreation. After the first Vesper Service, a Baptist, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and a Congregational pastor spoke, thus creating another symbol of the openness that would always be associated with this place. In 1886, Vincent wrote that the service was used almost daily during the first Assembly and since then at the opening session of every Assembly, usually “on the first Tuesday in August.” As the season lengthened, it seemed unrealistic to have the formal opening in the middle of the season, so the ceremony’s name was changed to Old First Night in 1884.
Chautauqua Foundation recognizes the many generous donors who have contributed $20,000 or more to Chautauqua’s general endowment.
General funds are not assigned to a lecture or a symphony or a scholarship or the care of a specific building, yet they do all that and more. Chautauquans who give general endowments support the rich mix and wide range of Institution programs and we are grateful and honor all those who have made these selfless, sustaining gifts.
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Genevieve Chaney
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Mildred K. Cooper
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Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goodell
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Kathryn Lincoln
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