THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.

Он, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming, And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses ?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream.

'Tis the star-spangled banner, oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where are the foes who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion

A home and a country should leave us no more?

Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave

From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave;

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto-" In God is our trust !"

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

OUR GOD IS MARCHING ON.

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.

As sung by Chaplain C. C. MCCABE, while a prisoner in Libby, after hearing old Ben (the colored paper-seller in Richmond) cry out; "Great news by the telegraph! Great battle at Gettysburg! Union soldiers gain the day!" Upon hearing such glorious news, Chaplain MCCABE sung this soul-stirring hymn, all the prisoners joining him heartily in the chorus, making the old prison-walls ring with "GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH !"

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;

He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible quick sword:
His truth is marching on.

Chorus-Glory, glory, hallelujah!

I have seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I have read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.
Chorus-Glory, glory, hallelujah!

I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished rows of steel,

66 As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,

Since God is marching on."

Chorus-Glory, glory, hallelujah

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment-seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet:
Our God is marching on.

Chorus-Glory, glory, hallelujah!

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was borne across the sea
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, LET US DIE TO MAKE MEN FREE,
While God is marching on.

Chorus-Glory, glory, hallelujah!

SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

(MATTHEW V., VI., VII.)

[While Hon. JOHN M. CLAYTON, of Delaware, was Secretary of State under President Zachary Taylor, I rode with him in a stage coach from Dover, Del., to the steamboat at Smyrna Landing. It was before daylight. There were several in the stage: all were disposed to listen to the statesman, who was proverbial for conversational powers. Among other topics the subject of Religion was introduced, and in this matter Mr. Clayton was the leading spirit. He remarked: "My dear mother was a Methodist to the day of her death, and a bright Christian. I am a firm believer in the Christian religion. At Washington we frequently meet with skeptical persons, and with them I often have spirited controversies. I have read many works on the Evidences of Christianity, and heard sermons preached on the same subject; but nothing that I have ever heard or read has convinced me so thoroughly of the truth and divinity of religion as the Lord's Sermon on the Mount and the Lord's Prayer."

However remotely Mr. Clayton lived from the Christian standard practically, he was theoretically a Christian through life, and in death he clung to the cross and professed saving faith in the Redeemer, and no doubt felt often in life and in death how great is the blessing of a pious mother, who first taught him to lisp "Our Father which art in heaven."

"O wondrous power! how little understood!
Entrusted to the mother's mind alone

To fashion genius, form the soul for good."]

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they

which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Think not I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That ex

cept your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee