TEMPERANCE MELODIST: CONSISTING OF GLEES, SONGS, AND PIECES, COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR THE USE OF THE VARIOUS TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. BY STEPHEN HUBBARD, AUTHOR OF "WESLEYAN SACRED HARP," "MUSICAL GEMS," ETC. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY OLIVER DITSON & CO. 277 WASHINGTON STREET. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY. FROM THE ESTATE OF Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889, by STEPHEN HUBBARD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. M 2198 .H24 PREFACE. "LET me make the songs for a nation, and I care not who makes its laws," is a sentiment full of truth. Having witnessed in thousands of instances the soothing, subduing, and inspiring influence of music in carrying forward the great reforms of the day, especially the temperance reformation, we have been induced to compile for the various organizations in this country and Canada, this manual, trusting that it will be favorably received by all friends of temperance. It is most respectfully commended to them by their co-laborer, THE AUTHOR. |