ARBOR DAY SCRIPTURE READING.
Teacher:—
- Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise Him from the heights.
School:—
- Praise the Lord from the earth. Fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His word. Mountains and all bills: fruitful trees and all cedars.
Teacher:—
- Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
School:—
- The trees of the Lord are full of sap, the trees of Lebanon which he planted where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Teacher:—
- Thus with the Lord God; “ I will also take the highest-branch of the high cedar, and will set it: I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent.”
School:—
- In the mountains of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs and bear fruit and be a goodly cedar; and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Teacher:—
- And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree, exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I, the Lord, have spoken and done it.
School:—
- And now also the axe is laid upon the motor the trees: therefore, every tree which ringeth forth not good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
Note.—Let the responses for school be written on the board in large enough characters for all to see.
ARBOR DAY MARCH.
ELLEN BEAUCHAMP.
[Air:—Marching Through Georgia]
Celebrate the Arbor Day
With march and song and cheer,
For the season comes to us
But once in every year;
Should we not remember it
And make the mem’ry dear
Memories sweet for this May day.
Chorus—Hurrah! Hurrah! The Arbor Day is here:
Hurrah! Hurrah! It gladdens every year.
So we plant a young tree on blithesome Arbor Day,
While we are singing for gladness.
Flow’rs are blooming all around,
Are blooming on this day;
And the trees with verdure clad,
Welcome the month of May,
Making earth a garden fair
To hail the Arbor Day,
Clothing all nature with gladness.
