ARBOR DA V MANUAL. 
365 
NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM, 1889. 
(Original.) 
INVOCATION. 
We, children of the free, 
Come here to plant this tree, 
With prayer and song; 
A living sign to stand, 
Of love to Fatherland, 
While years prolong. 
A .”] 
In every flower and tree, 
God’s forming hand we see. 
And His great love, 
And every bud and leaf 
Increases our belief 
In heaven above. 
*Tis meet a leafy shade 
Should shelter boy or maid, 
Who hither hies. 
To spend in studious hours, 
Fair childhood’s growing powers. 
And seek truth’s prize. 
P. Harlo\ 
Dear God of Nature, grant 
This tree which now we plant 
May live and grow, 
To bless with grace and shade, 
This loved and cherished glade, 
Our love to show. 
City Editor “Leader" Kingston, N. Y. 
(Original.) 
SONG FOR TREE-PLANTING. 
[Air— “ Dearest May.”] 
In soil the dearest and the best. 
On which the sun can shine, 
We plant thee, tree, in hope, to-day, 
O, let our cause be thine! 
Strike deep thy roots, wax wide and tall, 
That all this truth may know, 
Thou art our type of future power, 
Like thee, we, too, shall grow. 
Refrain — Like thee, we, too, shall grow. 
Like thee, we, too, shall grow, 
Thou art our type of future power, 
Like thee, we, too, shall grow. 
In coming years, thy kindly shade 
The sons of toil shall bless; 
Thy beauty and thy grace shall all 
With grateful voice confess; 
And so our youth in wisdom trained 
Shall render service great, 
Our schools send sons and daughters forth, 
The glory of the State. 
Refrain — The glory of the State, 
'1'i The glory of the State, 
Our schools send sons and daughters forth. 
The glory of the State. 
Strike deep thy roo 
Since thou our 
Of all the good we 
Our country gr 
In place of one by : 
Cut off, long m 
We march to take ( 
And do the wo: 
layst thou stand 
Refi 
1 — And do the work they planned, 
And do the work they planned. 
We march to take our fathers’ room, 
And do the work they planned. 
Sara 
J. Underwoo 
>n, Chester, N. Y. 
