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1 Go! 'tis thy Country's cause,
Who, to uphold her laws,
Beckons each son;
Loyal in treason's spite,
Firm to maintain the right,
Thus must be fought the fight,
The victory won.

2 Go! and may God above,
Ruling the earth with love,
Be now thy stay-
Save thee from every sin,
Send thee His peace within,
E'en through the battle's din,
And the wild fray.

3 Stand where thy fathers stood,
Mingle with theirs thy blood,
Freedom's red wine;
Calm be thy sleep and sweet,
When, for thy winding-sheet,
The flag to-day we greet,

Round thee shall twine.

4 Flag of our native land!
Untorn by treason's hand,
Thy stripes shall wave;
Undimmed thy stars shall shine,

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While Faith and Love combine, And at thy holy shrine

Offer the brave.

Flag of our fathers. 6s & 4s.

1 Here, where our fathers came Bearing the holy flame

To light our days,

Here, where with faith and prayer
They reared these walls in air,
Now to the heavens so fair
Their flag we raise,

2 Look ye, where free it waves
Over their hallowed graves!
Blessing their sleep;

Now pledge your heart and hand,
Sons of a noble land,

Round this bright flag to stand,
Till death to keep!

3 God of our fathers! now
To thee we raise our vow-
Judge and defend;

Let Freedom's banner wave
Till there be not a slave;
Show thyself strong to save,
Unto the end.

Mrs. H. B. Stowe.

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waves in the storm, When the winds are at war, Chilling floods of distress o'er me roll. friends I have loved, From the earth are removed, And I weep o'er the graves of the dead.

3 0, what shall I do to be saved,

When sickness my strength shall subdue ?
Or the world in a day,

Like a cloud rolls away,
And eternity opens to view.

4 Lord, teach us the way to be saved,
And then perfect us all in thy love;
And whene'er we must go
From these mansions below,
O, receive us to mansions above.

I MY CROSS HAVE TAKEN.

L. MASON.

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1. Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee;

Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be. ( Perish, every fond am

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bition- All I've sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own.

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2 Let the world despise and leave me;
They have left my Saviour too:
Human hearts and looks deceive me-
Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And while thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate, and friends disown me;
Show thy face, and all is bright.

3 Soul, then know thy full salvation;
Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care:
Joy to find in every station
Something still to do or bear.

Think what Spirit dwells within thee: Think what Father's smiles are thine: Think that Jesus died to win thee:

Child of heaven, canst thou repine? 4 Haste thee on from grace to glory,

Armed by faith, and winged by prayer; Heaven's eternal day's before thee,

God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thine earthly mission, Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days; Hope shall change to glad fruitionFaith to sight, and prayer to praise.

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