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 BECK-TIIE-ALTAR-WITH-BLOSSOMS-FAIR 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 
 
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
" Roses 
 
 Ji 
 
 and 
 
 Lilies 
 
 /|\ 
 
 among 
 
 the Church's 
 
 
 flowers — 
 
 white for 
 
 
 faithful 
 
 labour — 
 
 
 red for 
 
 the Martyr's 
 
 
 sufferings— 
 
 both fair 
 
 
 in God's 
 
 siorht." 
 
 
 
 
 From tht 
 
 Writings of S 
 
 /. Cyprian. 
 
 f f ^^\A^ who will come to Christ, and serve Him, are brought thereby y,^ 
 wy to such a true knowledge of God, that their own immortality/ 
 becomes real to them." 
 
 ^JMM>cA^<:§y^hyv^ 
 

 / 
 
 Rachel A. La FoiNtaine 
 Illustralcd 
 
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 Privately Printed. 
 
 For sale by all 
 Metropolitan Booksellers. 
 
 Copyright, 1893 
 
 by 
 
 R. A. La Fontaink. 
 
To THE Friends of the 
 nrorain^ (Birf 
 
 THIS Booklet is, with the 
 
 PROFOUNDEST RESPECT, 
 DEDICATED BY 
 
 THE Author. 
 
D 
 
 ECK the altar with blos- 
 soms fair, 
 Pillar and chancel with 
 
 garlands rare. 
 
 Alleluia ! Allekua / 
 
DECK THE AL TAR 
 
A 
 
 LL ye people in harmony 
 
 sing, 
 
 Christ our Lord is risen 
 
 a King. 
 
 Allehiia ! Alleluia ! 
 
YE ANGELS 
 
A LL angels that worship in 
 ^ ^ glory on high, 
 
 With anthems of gladness 
 filling the sky. 
 
 A llelu ia ! A llclu ia ! 
 
A 
 
 LL ye lilies with incense 
 
 rare, 
 
 Flinging your fragrance on 
 
 the air. 
 
 Alleluia ! Alleluia / 
 
AllelMia! Alleluia / 
 
A 
 
 LL ye flowers that spring 
 from earth, 
 And ye bells that chime the 
 
 New-birth. 
 
 Alleluia / Alleluia ! 
 
Alleluia ! Alleluia / 
 
A LL who ever, in Christ's 
 
 grave lay, 
 Shall rise with Him, on 
 Easter-day. 
 
 Alleluia ! Alleluia / 
 
Alleluia ! Alleluia ! 
 
 Afnen. 
 
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