… Company, 1917 FIFTY YEARS 1863-1913 O brothers mine, to-day we stand Where half a century sweeps our ken, Since God, … our bonds and made us men. Just fifty years — a winter’s day— As runs the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o’er … A witness to God’s mercies shown, A pledge to hold this day sublime. And let that stone an altar be, Whereon …