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ARMISTICE DAY

PROGRAMS FOR ARMISTICE DAY

ARRANGED BY SOMEPLE AND OTHERS

FROM "LEST WE FORGET"[1]

SUGGESTIVE PROGRAM NO. 1, FOR COMMUNITY EXERCISES

Patriotic March, by the Band or Orchestra.

Song—Kipling's "Lest We Forget" This may be sung to the tune "Magdalen" and will be found in many church hymnals.

Invocation

God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine:
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget!

Lest we forget the courage, patience and patriotic self-sacrifice of those who fought at Château-Thierry, in the Argonne and the supreme sacrifice of those who lie in Flanders fields. We thank Thee for the splendid lessons of heroism that we have learned from those who died that this world might be free. They gave

  1. Published by March Bros., Lebanon, Ohio.