(In The Quarterly anthem folio, Nov. 1947) © 8Oct47; B107510.

It is a splendid instrumentcan't be equalled in this part of the country for either finery or musicand is played by a gentleman whose name ranks in St. George's anthem book, with those of Beethoven, Handel, and Mozart.

Three-part anthem treasure.

The anthem library.

Their skill in melody makes them the better companions abroad, and their anthems abler to sing catches.

Spohr's lovely anthem voices this cry of the soul: "As pants the hart for cooling streams, When heated in the chase, So longs my soul, O God, for Thee, And Thy refreshing grace.

Her merry laughter, soft and low, Is as the chimes of silver bells, That like sweet anthems float, and flow Through woodland groves and bosky dells, And when the violets see her eyes, They flush and glowwith love and shame, They meekly droop with sad surprise, As though unworthy of the name.

For those the sculptor's laurelled bust, The builder's marble piles, The anthems pealing o'er their dust Through long cathedral aisles.

Mount higher on thy joyous wing, And let thy morning anthem ring Full on my ear; Thou art the only sign of spring I see or hear.