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    "ocrText": "\"THE CHRISTIAN FLAG.\"\nDISTINCTIVELY Christian flag has been adopted by a large number of churches throughout the\nA\ncountry, without regard to denomination Last Rally Day, September, 1897, at Brighton Chapel,\nConey Island, N.Y., a well-known Christian worker had been announced to make an address The\nchapel was well filled, and when the time for the address had come the speaker failed to appear.\nThe superintendent of the school, Overton, after apologizing for the absence of the speaker, was obliged\nto.take his place. The subject of his talk was The American Flag On the platform was a beautiful flag,\nthe gift of James H. Perry Post, G. A. R. Mr. Overton dwelt upon the principles for which the flag stood,\nthe devotion of its followers, their loyalty, fidelity and constancy, and said \"SO we should stand by our flag,'\nwhen the want of a Christian flag impressed Mr. Overton, and, as he-told the writer, the Christian flag\nappeared to be floating in the air as I was speaking, and I gave the audience a description of it then and\nthere, as it stands upon our platform to-day. I believe it was an inspiration from heaven of a banner that\nshould wave triumphant over the world.\"\nThe flag is most symbolic The ground is white, representing peace, purity and innocence. In the\nupper corner is a blue square, the color of the unclouded sky, emblematic of heaven, the home of the Chris-\ntian : also a symbol of faith and truth. In the center of the blue is the cross, the ensign and chosen symbol\nof Christianity ; the cross is red, typical of Christ's blood. Every sect of Christ's followers can indorse the\nflag, and it is equally applicable to all nations. It stands for no creed or denomination Neither the flag,\nhymn nor music has been copyrighted, and all are dedicated by Mr. Overton to the followers of Christ the\nworld over. So great and enthusiastic is the feeling that has been aroused, that a number of well-known\nmen have formed a society for the purpose of introducing and promoting the use of The Christian Flag'\nall over the world. A letter or postal card addressed to any of its officers will meet with a hearty response.\nAn immense amount of work has already been accomplished by the society, and the success in the adoption\nof this symbol surely means its universal use.\nThe following are the officers of The Christian Flag Extension Society President, Charles C. Over-\nton, Coney Island, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Vice-President, Dr. David W. Meyer, 44 Clinton street, Brooklyn,\nSecretary, George L. Petersen, Wallabout Market, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Assistant Secretary, Fred Oppikofer,\nBay Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y. Treasurer, William H. Wright, 65 Nassau street, New York.\nFRANCES JANE CROSBY, the daughter of John and Mercy Crosby, was born in South East, Putnam\nCounty, N. Y., March 24, 1820. When she was only six weeks old she had an affection of the eyes, and her sense\nof sight entirely disappeared. Happily for peace of mind, this loss of vision came SO early she has been\nrelieved\nof\nthose\ncontrasts\nwhich would have her lot if this misfortune had overtaken her in later years.\nBlessed with a happy temperament, and\nmade a name\ntented with her place in life, she has always\nfor herself\nentered a gentle but earnest protest when ten-\nwherever the\nder sympathies are expended upon her. She\nEnglish lan-\nentered the New York Institution for the\nguage is spok-\nBlind when fifteen years of age remained as\nen. In 1864\na pupil for twelve years and as a teacher elever\nshe began to\nyears. She taught English Grammar, Rhetoric\nwrite for W.\nRoman and American History. The poetic f\nB. Bradbury,\nwhich from early childhood had been striggling\nand this rela-\nWIUM ner for expression, round\nLIOH\ncontinued\nalong all these lines of intellectual development.\nand continued with his successors, Biglow &\nSo tenacious is her memory, that in early years\nMain, which relations remain to this day. Miss\nshe committed the first four books of the Old\nCrosby was married to Alexander Van Alstyne,\nTestament and also the four Gospels. Her\nMarch 5, 1858, who was a pupil in the Institu.\nhymns abound with phrases of Scripture. Her\ntion and a good musician. She is a member\nintellectual development has been the incentive\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, and its\nfor the vast expenditure for schools for instruc-\nfellowship is still her comfort and delight.\ntion for the blind all over the Union, as she\nShe engages in no doctrinal controversies but,\nwas used for illustrating what was possible for the\nlike \"The Christian Flag,\" speaks the language\nblind to learn and understand In 1845 George\nof Zion with saints of every name. She sits\nF. Root became acquainted with Fanny\nin her easy chair, holding an open book before\nCrosby, and for him she wrote many songs,\nher closed eyes, working her vivid concepts\nhymns and cantatas, many of which are popular\ninto hymnic praises which her amanuensis\no-day, 'Rosalie, the Prarie Flower,\" probably\nwrites down. Thus she spends her days,\nthe most widely known. She has published sev-\nwaiting her appointed time. When it comes,\neral volumes of poems but it is as a writer of\nshe will open her eyes on the glory that\nhymns, especially as popularized in Sunday\nshall be revealed, and take her part in the\nSchools for the last thirty years, that she has\nFRANCES JANE CROSBY.\nnew\nsong\nCHARLES CARLTON OVERTON, the designer of \"The Christian Flag,\" the oldest son of R. Carlton and Arrietta Ann Overton,was born in New\nYork City, August 2, 1839. In 1855 he united with the Eastern Congregational Church, Madison street, corner Governeur street, New York. At\nthat time he was President of the Samuel\" Band of Hope, a temperance organization of the Church which had weekly meetings, often numbering\nan attendance of a thousand boys and girls. He was Superintendent of the Sunday School and Leader of the Choir until 1861, when he removed\nto the upper west side of the city and united with the 34th street Reformed Church, where he actively engaged in Sunday School work, and was\nSuperintendent of the Sunday School. After a few years work in the First Presbyterian Church, Astoria, Long Island, he united in 1876 with\nPlymouth Church, Brooklyn, was a teacher in its Mayflower Mission School, when in 1879 he removed to Coney Island, Y., assisted in organizing\nBrighton Chapel and is now connected with it as Superintendent of its Sunday School and Deacon of the Church. He has written several hymns,\nThe Good Old Christian Way\" having acquired considerable circulation.\nR. HUNTINGTON WOODMAN, organist and choirmaster of the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., is\na\nnative of Brooklyn, where he was born on January 18, 1861. Although he showed an early talent for instrumental music\nhis identification with music in the church began as a singer in the choir of St George's Church, Flushing, where his\nfather, the late Jonathan Call Woodman, was organist and choirmaster from 1873 to 1880. In 1875, at the age of 14, he\nwas appointed assistant organist to his father, playing at all services, weddings, and giving a few organ recitals for four\nyears. In 1879 Mr. Woodman received a flattering offer from Christ Church, Norwich, Conn., which he accepted, but\nretained the position only one year, resigning in April, 1880, to return to his native city, taking the position he now\nholds-a record of seventeen years. Early in his Brooklyn career he began systematic study with Dudley Buck, which he\ncontinued for several years. In 1888, Mr. Woodman went to Paris for special work in organ playing, improvisation and\ncomposition under the late Cxsar Franck, then professor of organ at the Paris conservatoire. At the World's Fair Mr.\nWoodman played four organ recitals, and the Chicago press was a unit in its praise of his thoroughly artistic work. His\ntime now is given largely to composition and teaching organ and musical theory, of which branches he makes a specialty.\nIn addition to his church work, he holds the musical professorship at the Metropolitan College of Music, of the Univer-\nsity of the State of New York, at the Packer Collegiate Institute of Brooklyn, besides directing several Choral Societies.\nR.HUNTINGTON\nThe Flag Hymn Music, Badge, Buttons, Pins, etc., are not patented or copyrighted, and any one can use, make or sell\neither. For the convenience of any one wishing either, address \"Christian Flag Extension Society,\" Coney Island, N.Y.,\nor Annin & Co., flag manufacturers, Fulton st., corner William, New York."
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