130СТ 83 OXFORD UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME. One Shilling each. THE BLUE RIBBON BIRTHDAY BOOK. THE BLUE RIBBON RECITER. PREFACE. THIS, the companion volume to our BLUE RIBBON BIRTHDAY BOOK, cannot go to press without a full and grateful acknowledgment on our part of the kindness we have met from so many sources. We are particularly indebted to Messrs. MORGAN and SCOTT, Dr. BONAR, and Mr. SARGANT, all of whom have in the kindest manner placed much valuable material at our disposal. Some of the Temperance Songs have been written expressly for this Song Book, and none have been used without permission. We may add that at the latter part of the volume will be found some Songs which will prove useful at temperance social evenings, where a proper selection is sometimes difficult to make. THE EDITOR. BLUE RIBBON SONG BOOK. 1. ISING them over again to me, Wonderful words of Life! Let me more of their beauty see, Beautiful words! wonderful words! 2 Christ, the blessèd One, gives to all Sinner, list to the loving call, 3 Sweetly echo the Gospel call! 2. I COME, ye disconsolate, where'er you languish, Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish- 2 Joy of the desolate, Light of the straying, Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure, Here speaks the Comforter, in God's name saying— 66 Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure." 3 Go, ask the infidel, what boon he brings us, What charm for ailing hearts he can reveal, Sweet as that heavenly promise Hope sings us"Earth has no sorrow that God cannot heal." 3. I SAY, watchman, what of the night? 2 "The night is fast waning on high, And the morn shall spread o'er the blushing sky, 3 But, watchman, what of the night, 4 "That night of sorrow thy soul But away shall the clouds of thy heaviness roll, And the morning of joy be sweet." I 4. UST as I am-without one plea, JUST But that Thy blood was shed for me; And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee- 2 Just as I am and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, 3 Just as I am-though toss'd about 4 Just as I am-poor, wretched, blind; O Lamb of God, I come! |