,3 ftctorml H 
ome 
ampmiaii 
AND 
Now ready. Adapted for Opening and Closing Ex¬ 
ercises in Schools and Seminaries, for Congrega¬ 
tional, Social and Home Singing, 128 pages, 200 
choice tunes, 340 hymns. Price but 40 cents. $35 
Hundred. 
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per 
Clarke’s Organ Voluntaries. 
Batiste’s Organ Voluntaries. 
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CLARKE’S HEED ORGAN COMPANION 
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