Down from the Skies. (Concluded.)

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loud ho - sannas to his name; Oceans, with your fulness roar, Earth resound from shore to

shore, Hallelujah to the Lamb.

3 Dark is the pathway before him, though dreary,
Onward it leads to the cross and the grave,
Cheerful he treads it though fainting and weary,
Thus only, thus, He his loved ones can save. CHо.
3 Weep not, O stricken ones, when shall enfold him
All the deep darkness of Calvary's gloom,
Soon, soon your tear-blinded eyes shall behold him,
Rising triumphantly over the tomb. CHO.

PURE COLD WATER. (Temperance Song.)

1

O look not on the tempting cup, When the wine is gleaming; There's danger in the 2 We'll fill our goblets to the brim, Brother, son, and daughter; We'll drink and sing with

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Pure Cold Water. (Concluded.)

CHORUS.

fa tal draught, Poison

in its beaming. From the merry laughing rill, As it right good will, Hail to pure cold wa- ter. From, &c.

glides along the hill, We will drink and rejoice at its sparkling glow, And our

merry song shall be, O, the cooling stream for me, O, the bright cooling stream for me.

Excursion Song. (Concluded.)

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spend it far a

way In this delightful grove. Bright o'er our heads the sky; Bebids our heart re- - joice, And own a sov'reign pow'r. Above on airy wing, On

neath our feet this green; Whate'er can please the eye, Whate'er can please the eye, Aev - 'ry bush and tree, The feather'd songsters sing, The feather'd songsters sing, In

seen.

round us here is charming mel - o - dy.

3 Like them now let us raise our tuneful voices here,
And sound our Maker's praise in accents loud and clear.
On every breeze of air may notes of praise ascend,
And find acceptance there, where dwells our heavenly Friend.

4 For O, his guardian power protects our youthful days,
And gives us every hour new themes for love and praise.
For all that here can please, now be our praises given,
But brighter scenes than these await us all in heaven.