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Note. —Though the marked arrangement for this piece is the one preferred, it can well be sung with ladies instead of boys singing the upper parts of the chorus, and thus serve as a conjoint song for Young Men's and Young Ladies' Associations. Either a soprano or a tenor may sing the solo part, but even when thus rendered with mixed voices it will be very effective if a boy soprano who can sing the solo with tenderness and intensity can be found. (And let me here remind you that boys who can sing in the upper register are far more plentiful than generally thought, in even our community, where not much use has been made of high voices of boys; and they are worth searching for.) The strange ending will be very pleasing when you have grown used to it. Do not let the tongue reach up for the roof of the mouth to pronounce the k in the word "like" until you are ready to end the sound and follow with the word "mother." Be careful that the chorus doesn't cover the solo. The accompanist should play only the chorus parts throughout, unless he can also add the solo part without leaving out the harmonies. E. S.

One of the crowds at a meeting in the Pike schoolhouse, Elk Co., Pa. Elders Cordon, Frazier and Low in the front.