No man was ever meanly born

No man was ever meanly born 

About his cradle is the wonderful miracle of life 

He may descend into the depths 

He may live in infamy and perish miserably 

But he is born great 

Men build monuments above the graves of their 

heroes to mark the end of a great life 

But women seek out the birthplace and build their shrine 

Not where a great life has its ending but where 

it had its beginning 

Calvin Coolidge 

President of the United States 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Calanchoe

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Calanchoe 

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

A few of Red Calanchoe in woven rattan basket create welcoming effect,- A Particularly Graceful Decoration for a Large Table. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Pretty rattan woven basket, red calanchae - work the best and particularly Gracefully for the big table.

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Fruits Of All Kinds

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Fruits Of All Kinds 

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

A few of Red or scarlet Fruits Of All Kinds in woven rattan basket create welcoming effect. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Pretty rattan woven basket.Fruits of All Kinds Look Pretty Served in This Way -  the red apples, or any kind of apples- they work the best. 

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Trailing Vines

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Trailing Vines 

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

A few of Red or scarlet Trailing Vines in woven rattan basket create shower effect. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Pretty rattan woven basket.For a Shower Effect Trailing Vines Should be Used-  they work the best. 

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Poinsettias

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Poinsettias 

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

A few of Red or scarlet Poinsettias in woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Pretty rattan woven basket.Holly A Few Poinsettias Make a Most Artistic Picture. 

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Holy Flower

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Holy Flower

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

Red or scarlet Holy Flower woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Pretty rattan woven basket.Holly Looks Unusually Well in a Low Round Basket. 

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Calanchae Flower

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Calanchae Flower

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

Red or scarlet Calanchae Flower woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Pretty rattan woven basket.One Rarely Sees a More Harmonious Color Scheme. 

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Woven Candy Holder

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Woven Candy Holder

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

Red or scarlet and white candies and nuts in  a pretty woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Pretty rattan woven candy plate is  just the Thing for Serving Candies or Nuts- Gorgeous  Decoration of the front office table or the telephone stand.

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Geraniums

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Geraniums 

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

Red or scarlet geraniums(pelargoniums) in  a pretty woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Geraniums are an Unusual and Attractive Decoration. 

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Carnations

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Red Carnations

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

Red or scarlet carnations in  a pretty woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Two chandeliers create the intimate atmosphere. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table. Do Not Bunch Carnations Let Them Spread Gracefully. 

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- An Effective Grouping of Roses in a Low Basket

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- An Effective Grouping of Roses in a Low Basket 

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

Red or scarlet roses in  a pretty woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Two chandeliers create the intimate atmosphere. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table.

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

Decorations for Holiday Table - ROSE IN THE BASKET

 

Artistic Decorations- For The Dinner Party Table- Scarlet Rose in a pretty woven basket

Decorations for Holiday Table 

ARTISTIC DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL SEASON 

Thanksgiving- Christmas-New Years Season

Artistic Decorations- Dinner Party Table 

By Una Nixson Hopkins 
Photographs by F.W. Martin 

Red or scarlet rose in  a pretty woven rattan basket. Native American Indian style. Two chandeliers create the intimae atmosphere. Colors- red, green, brown. Decoration of the Dinner table.

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

The Blue-Button Twins

What Happened When They Took a Snowball Ride 

By Helene Nyce 

THE twins were very excited and very busy.
 "Sister," said Bobby, " we will roll and roll this ball until it is as large as a house, and then we will get shovels and dig it out."

"Yes," interrupted Susie, "and we will live in it forever; maybe Tommy Kirby will come with us too."

But the sudden appearance of Flopsy and Tinktum Tidy with the twins' Christmas sled stopped all plans and filled their heads with another idea.

"Jump on, Sister!"You must have the first coast because you're a lady!" cried Bobby. Then, as she started her downward flight: "Oh! oh! oh!" he shouted, "why didn't I think? Sister should have had the first roll; it's lots better than a sled. But I can/t call her back now." So he clambered on himself.

The pictures on this page will finish the story for you, and I am sure you will never attempt a snowball ride.

References:

Ladies Home Journal 1913

    

Springtime is Cherry Blossom Time in Washington

The Springtime is Cherry Blossom Time in Washington 

By AGNES WINN 
Washington DC 

Cherry Blossom Time in Washington! What a delightful picture words bring to those who have  been in the Nation's Capital during charming season, which has become as famous as Tulip Time in Holland, and Apple Blossom Time in Normandy.

Spring in Washington is beautiful everywhere but in no spot does it present such an exquisite picture as in lovely Potomac Park. Here along the river front and the Tidal Basin has been created a scene of enchanting beauty. Until the park was laid out the river was practically unapproachable to modern Washingtonians and its beauties unseen, but now as one approaches a marvelous panorama greets the eye.

The grass, pale and delicate, is green beyond belief in the long field that forms the center which has the appearance of an island in a river. Encircling the park is a wonderful drive, picturesque, with large boled willows hanging gracefully over the waters edge, and a great garden of perennials, of iris, of jonquils, and masses of forsythia. But it is the bowers of pink blossoms on the small gray Japanese cherry trees that fur nish the famous and lovely setting unequalled in America for its beauty. The waterside becomes an exquisite dream of beauty peculiarly suited to the colors of Washington at this time.

The story of the trees is an interesting one. Learning of Mrs. William Howard Taft's admiration for the cherry trees when she was on a trip to the East, the Japanese government sent a shipment to America but these were condemned and destroyed. Later on, however undaunted by this apparent lack of appreciation, the mayor of the city of Tokio, upon the suggestion of a Japanese gentleman who had spent much of his life in America, presented her with three thou sand of them. This second shipment arrived in the spring of 1912. the last year of the Taft administration, and with simple ceremonies in the presence of Mrs. Taft, the Japanese ambassador and a few others, the first tree was planted on Potomac drive, or the Speedway, as it is familiarly known to residents of Washington.

Now with the first warm winds of spring. the pink and white blossoms of thousands of these flowering cherry trees, planted in irregular groups, stand out against the marble whiteness of the stately Washington Monument and the impressive Lincoln Memorial in the Speedway Park of Washington. Then it is that Potomac Park becomes a mecca for not only the residents of the Capital but for the many thousands of others who journey to Washington to join the annual pilgrimage to see this panorama of nature-some in motors, some on foot, and others galloping along the alluring bridle paths. The trees are cherished as a priceless asset and no one ever breaks a twig.

It is easy for one walking beneath these graceful flowering trees to understand how deeply there lies in the Japanese character love for the beautiful. It must be a great satisfaction to the people of Japan to know that throughout America there is a growing love and appreciation of their national flower. As soon as the blossoms burst forth, the Japanese Ambassador and his family may be seen strolling beneath the trees in native dress, which no doubt bring back happy memories of their homeland.

Japan takes the keenest interest in observing the enthusiasm of our people for the flowering trees and they are considered a real link of friend ship between the two nations. Those who have seen the beautiful cherry blossom scenes in Japan, say, that the setting of the trees around the Tidal Basin, forming a delicate pink fringe around the edge, is as charming as any view in Japan. Someone has spoken of it as an "entrancing gar land of pink and white petals".

There has never been a real cherry blossom festival in Washington, although now and then a pageant has been staged by a group of energetic citizens. Next year it is proposed to have under civic authority an artistic festival of music, dancing, and pageantry, woven around the story of the gift, and emphasizing the deep significance of international friendship, expressed by the flowering trees. In this way it is hoped to glorify the gift, and to give color and life to the spirit of springtime.

Three years after this gift to America, it was arranged to send a shipment of American dogwood to Japan. The trees were planted in Tokio, in the city parks, and were also distributed to the schools. Later on, thousands of dogwood seedlings were sent over, so that now an American, visiting Japan in the springtime, has the pleasure of walking under a profusion of the lovely dogwood, and dreaming of his homeland. And each spring as the school children of America admire the cherry blossoms from Japan along the Potomac, the school children of Japan look in admiration and wonder at the flowering dogwood of America.  

References:

Seattle Grade Club Magazine Official Organ of the Seattle Grade Teachers Club 1912

         

THE AMERICAN FLAG

 

ITS USE- ITS FORBIDDEN ABUSE.

The American flag is the symbol of the brotherhood of man.
It stands for courage, for chivalry, for generosity, and honor. No hand must touch it roughly, no hand shall touch it irreverently.

Its position is aloft, to float over its children, uplifting their eyes and hearts by its glowing colors and splendid promise; for un der the stars and stripes are opportunities unknown to any other nation of the world.

The Government commands the people to honor their flag. Men and boys should uncover as they pass the vivid stripes which represent the life blood of brave men, and the stars which shall shine on forever.

It must be raised at sunrise, lowered at sunset. It is not a plaything of the hour; it is a birthright of privilege and integrity. 

It may not be used as staff, or whip, or covering. 

It shall not be marred by advertisement, nor desecrated on the stage. 

It was born in tears and blood. It was baptized in blood and tears.

It has floated since June 14, 1777, over a country of benevolence, refuge, and progress.

It must always be carried upright. To bear the Star Spangled Banner is an honor, to own one- a sacred trust.

It is the emblem of freedom, of equality, of justice for every person and creature as it floats unvanquished, untarnished, over the open door of free education.

 IDA LOUISE GIBBS  

Chairman Committee on Prevention of Desecration of the Flag, 

Daughters of the American Revolution, Massachusetts, 1912.

MRS. J.G. DUNNING, State Regent. 

References:

2.4 NOV1914 MEMORIAL DAY May Thirtieth 1914 

MOTHER'S DAY

 MOTHER'S DAY 

OBSERVED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: MOTHER'S DAY -SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY 

 ITs object 

An all nations and simultaneous observance for the well being and honor of the home. 

How observed 

Through some distinct act of kindness: visit, letter, gift, or tribute: show remembrance of the Mother and Father, to whom grateful affection is due. Mother's Day is equally Father's Day. and is designed to deepen and perpetuate all family ties. The day is so-called,be cause in most countries no national celebration is in special honor of the home and noble motherhood.

 Its slogan 

In honor of "The Best Mother Who Ever Lived" the mother of your heart. 

The badge- is a white carnation 

Time of observance 

is the second Sunday in May by churches of all creeds, etc. Schools celebrate on Friday, and business and other organizations on Saturday, preceding second Sunday in May.

 On May 10 1913 a resolution passed the United States House of Representatives and the Senate, commending Mother's Day for observance by the House and Senate, the President of the United States and his Cabinet, and other heads of Government departments. In 1913 the Legislature of Nebraska made Mother's Day a State flag day in honor of the patriotism of Nebraska's true homes and mothers.

 In 1914 Hon J. Thomas Heflin at the request of the founder of Mother's Day, Miss Anna Jarvis, introduced in the House of Representatives a joint resolution, which was agreed to whereby the President of the United States should designate, through an annual proclamation, the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, and "request the display of the American flag on all Government buildings homes and other suitable places."

 President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Mother's Day proclamation on Saturday, 9 1914, asking, that Sunday May 10, (second Sunday in May 1914) be observed as Mother's Day, accordance with the joint resolution of the House of Representatives. This official recognition of Congress of the Mother's Day Movement was the culmination of years of work to permanently establish a day sons and daughters of all lands to honor their homes. The United States is the first nation of the to give such a national, patriotic honor and tribute to its homes as "the fountain head of the State," to its sons and daughters for their work for the home, moral uplift, and religion." for the good of Government and humanity.

For several years it has been the custom of the Governor of almost every State in the Union to issue a Mother's Day proclamation, asking citizens, churches, homes, and organizations to enter into the spirit of the day. Former Governor Colquitt of Texas made it a practice to pardon a number of prisoners on Mother's Day.

MOTHER'S DAY INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

This association was organized to promote and protect the celebration of Mother's Day and its work in the United States and foreign countries. Any son or daughter of any country is eligible to membership in the Mother's Day Association.

 In the United States the association has among its honorary national officers President Wilson and ex- Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, and Governors or other prominent citizens of the various States Headquarters. 2031 N 12th Street Philadelphia Pa.   

References:

1.The World Almanac AND Encyclopedia 1916 ISSUED BY THE PRESS PUBLISHING CO THE NEW YORK WORLD PULITZER BUILDING NEW YORK 

2.THE AMERICAN FLORIST Vol XLVI CHICAGO AND NEW YORK  1916 No 1442 

  

OLD BLACK JOE

 OLD BLACK JOE 

By:

STEPHEN C FOSTER 

Arr CARL MATZ 

STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER was not a very methodical student, but he had the rare faculty of reaching far ahead and grasping much with little effort. He had the benefit of good school training. and loved to ramble in the woods over the hills and by the rivers of his home near Pittsburg in Western Pennsylvania. When a boy, he showed unusual gifts in comedy, though a youth of modest and retiring disposition. Any musical instrument that attracted him, he soon learned to play; and the piano he played remarkably well. As he grew older, he studied with enthusiam the works of the masters in music, especially Beethoven, Mozart and Weber. They were his delight.The simple melodies that he wrote,were not flashes from an un cultured brain, but the result of thorough and laborious analysis of harmonies, and when he gave them to the world he knew they would strike favorably the ear of the most critical as well as the unlearned in music. Some of his best songs are plantation melodies, but his poetic fancy ran rather to songs of sentiment. His last plantation song written in 1860 was "Old Black Joe." It is known all over the English speaking world. A half-dozen of his best songs are given in "Flag of the Free ,No 1" four more of them in the present number. 

1. I Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay,

Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away,

Gone from the earth to a better land I know,

I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe."

CHORUS

I'm m coming, I'm coming, For my head is bending low.

I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe."

2.Why do I sigh that my friends come not again,

Grieving  for forms now departed long ago? 

I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe."  

3.Where are the hearts so happy and so free?

The children so dear. that I held up on my knee?

Gone to the shore  where my soul ed long a go has longed to go

I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe."     

References:

1.PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL OCTOBER 1904

  

The Discovery of America

 

The Discovery of America 

By BESSIE F. DODGE.

  OFFICIAL HYMN AND OFFICIAL POEM FOR THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION OF THE COLUMBUS DAY ON THE OCTOBER TWELFTH,  IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS DAY IS OFFICIALLY CALLED THE DISCOVERY DAY AND AS WELL THIS IS THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IS CALLED THE FLAG DAY. ON THE COLUMBUS DAY THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS RAISED.

A PLAY - For thirteen children each reciting one verse - one child at a time.

THIS PLAY IS COMMEMORATION OF THE REAL HISTORICAL EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED ON THE SHIPS OF THE CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN 1492.

October twelfth is Discovery Day; 
And I'll tell you one thing more- 
To discover is to find out 
What was not known before.

Hundreds of years ago, 

In fourteen-ninety-two, 

Christopher Columbus 

Sailed over the ocean blue.

Before that time, white people 

Lived on the other side, 

And between them and America 

Lay the Atlantic, deep and wide.

Columbus was an Italian, 

His home was near the sea; 

In school he studied geography, 

That he a sailor might be.

All but this Columbus 

Thought the world was small and_flat,

And if they traveled very far, 

Would come to the edge-think of that.  

He tried to prove to learned men 

That the earth is like a ball, 

But only a very few 

Would listen to him at all.

At last, Queen Isabella,

Said she believed him any way, 

And helped to fit out three small ships 

To sail westward without delay.

After sailing for many weeks, 

The men were filled with alarm, 

And planned if Columbus did not turn back,

To do him cruel harm.

Columbus understood how they felt, 

And said if in three days more 

They did not see signs of land, 

They would return to their homeward shore.

But before the time was over, 

Land was in full view, 

Indians were here and there, 

In wigwam and canoe.

Columbus in a scarlet robe, 

With Spain's banner in his hand, 

With the sailors went on shore 

And thanked God for the beautiful land.      

This country was named America, 

But some people think-do you?- 

That it should have been Columbia, 

For Columbus brave and true.

This fact then do not forget, 

Whatever else you do;

 Columbus discovered America

In 1492.     

THE HYMN IS PRESENTED AS IT IS AS IT WAS FOUND IN THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF THE MINISTERY OF THE EDUCATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR TEACHERS- PRIMARY EDUCATION, YEAR 1908, VOLUME NUMBER 10, MONTH OF OCTOBER.

Rereferences:

1.THIS HYMN WAS OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS AS THE OFFICIAL PLAY AND CONCERT ON THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION EVENT OF THE CRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY ON THE DAY OF THE 12TH OF OCTOBER OF  THE YEAR 1908.

2,The Real America in Romance 
BEYOND SUNSET SEAS THE AGE OF DISCOVERY 1435-1506 

EDITED BY EDWIN MARKHAM 

Autumn Leaves

 Autumn Leaves 

Official Hymn of the Columbus Day sung in the Schools of The United States of America since 1908.

By:  

ALICE COOK FULLER, Deadwood, S.D.

The children should have small twigs, bearing Autumn leaves pinned to the shoulders, and small branches crossed on the breast. One larger branch should be held in the right hand, with its point touching the left shoulder.

SONG TUNE "Hold the Fort"

Hark ! The trees are all ashiver( motion 1) 
Strange sounds do they hear. 
See the crimson leaves aquiver- 
North Wind's drawing near.

Chorus 

"Come", he calls, "your playtime's over; 

Seek your beds so warm, 

Gently fall these seeds to cover- 

Guarding them from harm."

Autumn haze is sweeping o'er us, 

Leaves are red and gold,

 North Wind fairies sing the chorus

 To us as of old.

Chorus 

"Come", they say,- "Your playtime", etc.. 

See(motion2), the Autumn leaves are falling (motion 3) 

In the crisp, fresh air! 

Have they not heard North Wind calling 

All the leaves so fair?

Chorus 

"Come", he called, etc.

MOTIONS 

1. Shake the longer branches lightly. 

2. Raise larger branches to position above heads. 

3. Bring slowly down to position.

     

Gently swaying branches to and fro, march entirely across the front of the room, down the outside aisles, up the center aisle, and separating at the front, march to right and left, down the outside aisles, and across the back then from there to their seats. 

  

THIS HYMN WAS OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS AS THE OFFICIAL PLAY AND CONCERT ON THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION EVENT OF THE CRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY ON THE DAY OF THE 12TH OF OCTOBER OF  THE YEAR 1908.

THE OFFICIAL HYMN IS TRADITIONAL TUNE OF THE PATRIOTIC HYMN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: " HOLD THE FORT". THE OFFICIAL HYMN OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE COLUMBUS DAY IS TRADITIONALLY CALLED THE AUTUMN LEAVES FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED OF YEARS.

The text of the Hymn " Hold The Fort"

That which ye have hold fast till I come REV ii 25 

1. Ho my comrades See the signal Waving in the sky!

Reinforcements now appearing, Victory is nigh!

"Hold the fort the fort for I am coming," Jesus signals still,

Wave the answer back to Heaven, "By Thy grace we will." 

2 See the mighty host advancing, Satan leading on:

Mighty men around us falling, Courage almost gone!

"Hold the fort the fort for I am coming," Jesus signals still,

Wave the answer back to Heaven, "By Thy grace we will." 

3.3 See the glorious banner waving! 

Hear the trumpet blow! 

In our Leader's name we 'll triumph 

Over every foe!

4.4 Fierce and long the battle rages, 

But our help is near: 

Onward comes our great Commander, 

Cheer, my comrades, cheer! 

    

References

THE HYMN PRESENTED AS IT IS AS IT WAS FOUND IN THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF THE MINISTERY OF THE EDUCATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR TEACHERS- 

1.PRIMARY EDUCATION, YEAR 1908, VOLUME NUMBER 10, MONTH OF OCTOBER.

2.SACRED SONGS AND SOLOS SUNG BY IRA D SANKEY K. AND P.P. BLISS
LONDON MORGAN AND SCOTT 

OFFICE OF The Christian 12 PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS  

OFFICIAL SONG OF COLUMBUS DAY

 Verses

Read responsively the first thirty one verses of Psalm CVII 

SONG OF COLUMBUS DAY 

Contributed by 

The Youth's Companion 

AIR: Lyons 

 Columbia my, land! all hail the glad day 

When first to thy strand Hope pointed the way:

Hail him who thro' darkness first followed the Flame 

That led where the Mayflower of Liberty came.

Dear Country, the star of the valiant and free!

Thy exiles afar are dreaming of thee. 

No fields of the Earth so enchantingly shine, 

No air breathes such incense, such music as thine.

Humanity's home! thy sheltering breast

 Gives welcome and room to strangers oppress'd. 

Pale children of Hunger and Hatred and Wrong 

Find life in thy freedom and joy in thy song.

Thy fairest estate the lowly may hold, 

Thy poor may grow great, thy feeble grow bold,

 For worth is the watchword to noble degree, 

And manhood is mighty where manhood is free.

O Union of States, and union of souls! 

Thy promise awaits, thy future unfolds, 

And earth from her twilight is hailing the sun,

That rises where people and rulers are one.     

by Theron Brown 

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL HYMN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHANTED IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON OCTOBER 12- COLUMBUS DAY SINCE 1892. THE HYMN I HAVE FOUND IN THE MAGAZINE OF THE MINISTERY OF EDUCATION OF THE USA- THE INDIANA SCHOOL MAGAZINE, NO 10- MONTH OF OCTOBER, YEAR 1892. THE HYMN IS PRESENTED AS IT IS.

INDIANA SCHOOL JOURNAL VOL XXXVII OCTOBER 1892 NUMBER 10