C. L. S. C. SONG.
Reading edition
JOIN, O FRIENDS, IN A MEMORY SONG.
Mary A. Lathbury. (Alumni Song.) Wm. F. Sherwin, 1877.
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1 Join, O friends, in a mem’ry song, A song of service, of faith, of praise; Of love that gathers its fiber strong From forest soil and Chautauquan days. CHORUS. Sing, O sing! for the Word shall spring From seed to scion, from bud to bloom, Since life immortal the Lord did bring From the Seed that fell in an open tomb! 2 Join in a hymn of hope, O friends, The Lord is coming his own to bless, And tried and true is the band he sends To open a way in the wilderness. Chorus. 3 After the brier, the thorn, the weed, Shall spring a plant of a wondrous birth; And Love—the flow’r of a heavenly seed— With bloom and beauty shall fill the earth. Chorus.
Copyright, 1877, by J. H. Vincent.
Wisconsin.—While at the Monona Lake Assembly, at Madison, Wisconsin, I was induced through Rev. A. H. Gillet to enter the C. L. S. C. for 1883. I have commenced and followed the readings so far with much interest. Owing to increasing business complications as clerk of circuit court, added to my law studies, I am not certain that I shall be able to keep up with the readings near enough to pass creditably. I shall endeavor, however, to go through with the course in the time required. I am the only C. L. S. C. student I know of in this part of the State (southern). I would be glad to know of others, and would be glad if I could establish a circle in Monroe, where I shall be after January 1, 1883. The Chautauqua course fills a long felt want among those who have never had the advantage of a collegiate education, as well as among overworked professional men, who have only a limited time in which to keep up a course of reading in science or literature. I shall endeavor in all possible ways to extend the knowledge of the benefits of this course. I have heard some objections to the Circle from those who held aloof, owing to the fact that it was conducted wholly by a religious denomination. In fact, I held this idea at first, and a further one, that the course was one wholly religious. I am convinced to the contrary, and shall convince others. I should be glad to hear by letter from some others who are engaged in this course alone. We might be a mutual help to one another.
