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MARY A. LATHBURY. (STUDY SONG.) WM. F. SHERWIN, 1877, by per.
1 Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord,
to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea.
Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord;
My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word!
2 Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord,
To me, to me,
As Thou didst bless the bread by Galilee;
Then shall all bondage cease,
All fetters fall,
An I shall find my peace,
My All in All!
Copyright, 1877, by J. H. Vincent.
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A member of the Circle suggests that local circles should occasionally
hold an evening of song, making use of the “Chautauqua Songs” which
have been sent to all members. By doing this in advance of the several
Assembly meetings the coming season, they would be prepared to enjoy a
general service of song on the C. L. S. C. days.
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A lady holding a lucrative position in a Boston printing room writes:
“All that the C. L. S. C. has done for me it is impossible to tell.
It has helped me to become better acquainted with my Maker and his
wonderful works; the history of nations and individuals; created a
greater love for solid, instructive reading; better fitted me for
teaching in the Sunday-school, and opened avenues for thought, study,
and usefulness which, I trust, will make life more successful and
useful.”
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“Will you please advise me through the columns of THE CHAUTAUQUAN what
book to procure to learn at home how to speak and write the English
language grammatically?” An excellent practical teacher gives the
following answer to the above question: “There is no book warranted
to turn out good writers and speakers of the English Language. If
the person desiring the information is a foreigner—a Frenchman or a
German—we could better answer the question. If he is English, with
what knowledge does he begin? If with little knowledge, he should use
some elementary book, such as Swinton’s ‘Language Lessons,’ or better,
Whitney’s ‘How to Speak and Write Correctly.’ If somewhat advanced,
some one standard text-book of the English language, some grammar like
Brown’s, would be helpful. But better would be the advice to read some
masters of English. Read carefully and critically, and try to reproduce
such essays as Irving’s, Hawthorne’s, and Longfellow’s. Johnson said,
‘Give days and nights to the study of Addison if you would attain a
style familiar but not coarse, elegant but not ostentatious.’ Bunyan is
said to have become master of English from the study of the Bible.”