BOSTON, January 24, 1907. My dear Dr. McKenzie, I have been hoping all day that the extreme cold would moderate enough to make it prudent for me to go to Cambridge this evening, that I might testify in person my regard for you and congratulate you on the interesting occasion which will draw many of your friends together; but it does not seem prudent for me to try. The many years no small part of a man's lifetime during which you and Dr. Young and I have been associated in the Publishing Committee of the Historical Society have been among the pleasantest of my life, and I am always glad to look back on them. It was with mingled surprise and gratification that I found some days ago that both you and he were elected into the society on my nomination. In the Publishing Committee there has never been the slightest jar, and your part of the work has always been faithfully and promptly done, as I know that all your other varied work has been done. With my warmest congratulations and my best wishes for you in the years to come, I

am,

Always sincerely yours,

Rev. Dr. McKENZIE.

(Signed) CHAS. C. SMITH.

CAMBRIDGE, January 25, 1907.

My dear Friend,· I was much stirred and moved by many memories last evening at your church and should like to send you one further word of neighborly greeting. What career could be more honorable and rewarding than these many years of continuous, generous, and wise service! You have shown us all the scope of the Christian ministry and the undiminished part which it holds both in the work and the affection of a modern world. It is a happy memory to me that I have had the privilege of sharing with you some of these experiences and to watch the large effect of your words and your work. My only regret last evening was that nothing happened to be said of your service at Hampton, the welcome which is always awaiting your words there, and the unique expression of affection which meets you among those devoted teachers. It is one of the sweetest parts of our visits there to see this appreciation showered upon you and deserved by you. I have been planning all this winter to look in on you quietly in your study, and, as Brandt Storer used to say, "hold hands," but I have been much restricted by a turn of rheumatism, which has literally tied me with a very short rope, so that I have not walked as far

as your house for months. May you have a long and fruitful autumn of life, full of the autumn fruits of admiration and affection, which are glowing about you to-day!

No answer!

Cordially yours,

(Signed) FRANCIS G. PEABODY.

Rev. A. MCKENZIE, D.D., Cambridge.

NEW YORK, January 13, 1907.

My dear Dr. McKenzie, - While it will be impossible for us to be personally present with the multitude who will throng your church next Sunday and the Thursday following, we are most appreciative of the cordial invitation.

We may, I am sure, have a part in the congratulations and thanksgivings of these occasions. How significant they are, both as testimony to the past and as assurance for the time to come! Let me assure you of the admiration with which I look upon yourself and the fruitful years which now round out the two score, and of my gratitude to Almighty God for the power which he has so long made manifest in you and your ministry. May the celebration be all your heart can wish.

Ever cordially,

(Signed) FRANK MASON NORTH.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE

OF THE TRINITARIAN-CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

NEW BEDFORD, MASS., January 20, 1907.

To our dear Dr. McKenzie,

The child of the Trinitarian Church, long gone out from among us, doing a strong man's work in the service of Christ's kingdom on earth, we are glad that you have come to see this anniversary day.

A wise New England philosopher once said: "We do not count a man's years till he has nothing else to count "; so we, your old-time friends, make no reckoning of the days and the years of this happy pastorate. Its value to the people and its satisfaction to yourself can be calculated in no such terms. They are rather in the friendships, the affections, the inspirations, and the memories which link you to the people and the people to you. We send you our glad greeting, and rejoice for all the good that has come to you, and for all the good

you have done, and for all that you are going to do. May the good Lord bless you now and always is the prayer of your friends of the New Bedford Trinitarian Church.

(Signed) JAS. C. BRIGGS, Clerk.

NEW YORK, January 5, 1907.

FRANK GAYLORD COOK, Esq., Cambridge, Mass.:

Dear Sir, I desire to acknowledge the receipt of the invitation to attend the public exercises upon the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D.D., on the evening of Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of January.

Grateful for the opportunity of thus expressing my affectionate regard for Dr. McKenzie, I am,

Very truly yours,

(Signed) ROBERT C. OGDEN.