The New Temperance Melodist: Consisting of Glees, Songs, and Pieces : Composed and Arranged for the Use of the Various Temperance Organizations in the United States and Canada

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Oliver Ditson, 1859 - Hymns, English - 152 pages
 

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Page 122 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 122 - tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim's pride, From every mountain side Let Freedom ring.
Page 122 - Like that above. 3 Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake ; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. 4 Our fathers
Page 51 - Spare, Lord, the thoughtless : guide the blind ; Till man no more shall deem it just To live, by forging chains to bind His weaker brother in the dust. 43* 509 794. . 8s.
Page 37 - O that will be joyful, joyful, joyful ! O that will be joyful ! To meet to part no more, To meet to part no more, On Canaan's happy shore.
Page 27 - The drink that's in the drunkard's bowl, Is not the drink for me ; It kills his body and his soul ; How sad a sight is he ! But there's a drink...
Page 33 - Raise the glorious watchword high, " Touch not, taste not, till you die : " Let the echo reach the sky, And earth keep jubilee. 4 God of mercy hear us plead, For Thy help we intercede, See how many bosoms bleed, And heal them speedily.
Page 25 - Touch not the cup when the wine glistens bright, Touch not the cup, touch not the cup, Though like the ruby it shines in the light, Touch not the cup, touch it not.
Page 33 - Young and old, the strata prolong; Make the temperance army strong, And on to victory ! Lift your banners, let them wave — Onward march, a world to save : Who would fill a drunkard's grave. And bear his infamy ? 2 Shrink not when the foe appears ; Spurn the coward's guilty fears ; Hear the shrieks, behold the tears Of ruined families ! Raise the cry in every spot, " Touch not, taste not, handle not...
Page 49 - Tis not less true, again) — The weakest of all earthly drinks, Doth make the strongest men. Doth make the strongest men, my friends, Doth make the strongest men ; Then let us take that weakest drink, And grow the strongest men.

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