Home and school reciter; readings, declamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature (1902) (14577329697)

Identifier: homeschoolrecite00lint (find matches)
Title: Home and school reciter; readings, declamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Linthicum, Richard. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill., J.S. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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u i < IS o No program is complete without a religious selection, and those contained herein are amongthe grandest and most beautiful in the English language. fcT* t&* tO* THE CREEDS OF THE BELLS. In Concert. HOW sweet the chime of the Sabbathbells!Each one its creed in music tells,In tones that float upon the air,As soft as song, as pure as prayer;And I will put in simple rhymeThe language of the golden chime;My happy heart with rapture swellsResponsive to the bells, sweet bells. First Girl.In deeds of love excel! excel!Chimed out from ivied towers a bell;This is the church not built on sands,Emblem of one not built with hands;In forms and sacred rites revere,Come worship here! come worship here!In rituals and faith excel!Chimed out the Episcopalian bell. Second Girl.Oh, heed the ancient landmarks well!In solemn tones exclaimed a bell;No progress made by mortal manCan change the just eternal plan;With God there can be nothing new;Ignore the false, embrace the true,While all is