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Show lK"M' I Watch Wight In I I Billville i : ; f ! X Zy FrMJK L. STANTON 5 .. .; WATCH NIGHT In Billville ver biggeit crowd That ever helpeJ the heathen or pralicd the Lord aloud I They come from all the neighborhood, t new life to begin. To watch the old year goin' out, tbr nev year comln in. The preacher, he jive out the hymn, "Salvation full an' fteo." 'Twuz follered by "Amazin grace, that laved . wretch like me." An' "Greenland' Icy Mountains" went rollln' up on high Till it almott "ihook th window In the verlattin' sky. Aa then we had a word o' prayers the preacher stated plain Tfc object of the meetta', whar we never met In vahu Then Mad a Bible leuon, which give oar soul relief. Then throwed the meeUn' open fer expe- itoocei Drie. Aa' then said Brother Johnson, 'way down by the door down ny tne door He'd served the Lord fer eighty years an' wanted eighty more I Aa' Brother William cried "Amen I" an' io the word went round , TBI we thought the aleepieit angel up in heaven heard the ound. Aa' then wrf had more sfaigin', an' how the tune did rke , i"When I can read my title clear to man torn in the (Ides I" . -, Aa' Bretherr Scott, he said thU word't . '"My real etUte ain't herei Bat, thank the Lord. In heaven I can read my title clear." Aa' the titters, they stood up an ipoke; aa' teart-wu faUht'.fatt. ( Ter theb gray haks seemed to tell u they waaiiieatmlMMMatlatt. , An' each one told of grace an' love that '-V lightened tip. the soul Whuo crouln' o'er the river "where the surge cease to roll." ' "" - - . We mott forgot the . old year, we moat '" forget the new, -u In telUn' of the wonder that the lovin Lord could do. " t An' talk about -your thoutin' I tell you, 'T ill wus prime, (;... , Ter we had, to (peak it plainly, Jest a "halleluiah tlaie I '" v I tell you,Vtwu-a.met!n an' I'd have you folks to know .-' . ,(( ti The'-Lord wiu, with, them people a the . i old year turned o go. i ,, , v ' An", tho new year found 'em happy a tlii ' t church bell.;tolled.on,hjbili,v . , An' that watch' night down in DillvilU "ifoblt'ia -place up in the sky. SWJ ,r'..a: lr. . ,-n rt L -,'. ,., ,t ,Al |
