30 let no party wall Our loving souls divide, 4 And through life's darkest night, 1 No field of vict'ry won With blade and battle brand; 2 Too long the man of blood GILFILLAN. Hath ruled without control; 3 Come, man, to brother man, Come in the bond of peace; Let strife and war, with all their train 4 Let fruit-trees crown our fields, And on our mountain steep, the songs 12 261. C. M. O. JOHNSON. 1.0 MAY the day, the blissful day, When love divine all hearts shall sway, 2 Then social wrongs shall be redressed, And men, by men no more oppressed, 3 Then towers of fraud and force shall fall, 4 Then Peace in all our homes shall dwell, And pleasures more than tongue can tell, 262. 10s. M. MRS. PRICE. 1 O, THOU blest Comforter! pure Spirit, hear ! 2 Spirit of Holy power! give us thy light! Aid thro' the trial-hour,-guide thro' the night; Gird us with strength and will, mighty to save, Striving with error still, valiant and brave. 3 Keenly oppression's pain pierceth the weak; Help us the galling chain quickly to break; / Earth's bitter founts of woe soon may we close, Making this world below bloom as the rose. 1 4 Give thou thy Spirit free, Savior and Lord! 263. H. M. WM. S. HAYWOOD. 1 How long, O Lord, how long The page of history stain? Receive the new, the heavenly birth? 2 O, may our race forsake Their selfishness and pride; The lowly Jesus take, As Master and as Guide; Whose words of wisdom, truth and love, 3 May brutal vengeance cease, And deeds of hate and blood; Mankind repose in peace, One joyous brotherhood: While shouts resound from shore to shore, 'The reign of violence is o'er!' 4 Hasten, O God, the day By bards and prophets told, 264. P. M. MRS. PRICE. 1 O, LIST to His words, they are treasures of love, Men are all brothers indeed; All children alike of the Father above, Can he cause a poor brother to bleed? O no, let the sword to the plow-share be beat, And the wand'rers of earth be good friends when Bless and forgive, [they meet; Thus let them live, Loving in word and in deed. 2 Away with the hater, who mockingly dares He must bend his proud neck to the burden of love, All will be peace, Goodness must triumph o'er hate. 3 Away with the legion who worship the band Temples must fall, Churches and all, Built upon falsehood and wrong. XV. FIDELITY, ZEAL, PROGRESS. 265. L. M. A. BALLOU. 1 A CHRISTIAN! Who deserves the name? 2 He is a Christian-he alone, Who sees in Christ's great Master Mind, 3 He trusts no lesser Light and Love, 4 He meekly sits at Jesus' feet, Disciple of a matchless Lord; The Way, the Truth, the Life complete, 1 IN the past, the age of iron, Those who slaughtered most their kind, Have too often won the chaplet Honor's hand has twined. |