. Book of the Royal blue . THE VILLAGE CHURCH. BY CHARLES KUSSELL TAYLOR. [LOVE til dear old village churchThet stands beyond th ridge,Nearby th path thet leads th way Acrost th rustic love th dear old high-back pews, Though hard ez iron they be, An broken though th winders are, They hev their charms fer me. So fascinatin is th spot, Thet oftentimes I gazeTo wliere our pretty village maids Sing gladsome songs uv love th streaming sunshine, too, Acrost Gods altar there,Each beam a ray uv hope fer me And light uv angels fair. An there where Parson Brown always Bows low his head
. Book of the Royal blue . THE VILLAGE CHURCH. BY CHARLES KUSSELL TAYLOR. [LOVE til dear old village churchThet stands beyond th ridge,Nearby th path thet leads th way Acrost th rustic love th dear old high-back pews, Though hard ez iron they be, An broken though th winders are, They hev their charms fer me. So fascinatin is th spot, Thet oftentimes I gazeTo wliere our pretty village maids Sing gladsome songs uv love th streaming sunshine, too, Acrost Gods altar there,Each beam a ray uv hope fer me And light uv angels fair. An there where Parson Brown always Bows low his head to prayFore he gives out th sermons text In his most solemn music to my ears although Th organ groans sometimes,An perfect is th melody When ring th evenin chimes. But since th Church Improvement Fund Quite large enough hez grown,Were goin to tear th old one down An build a church uv years weve took donations up, An though Ive give my mite,Id ruther see th dear old church A-standin on thet LINCOLN b MOM MI NT SPRIN(.l IH Ii III SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. THE THRIVING CAPITAL OF A GREAT STATE. IN the year 1673, Pare Marquette, theintrepid Jesuit missionary, accompa-nied by Louis Joliet, descended the Mis-sissippi River as far as the mouth of theArkansas, and on their return ascended theIlUnois River and reached Lake Michiganvia the Desplaines and Chicago were probably the first white men toset foot on the State of Illinois, although itis possible that some of the adventurouscoureurs des bois, or wood-rangers, may havepenetrated the wilderness in search of game,prior to this time. Seven years later, of the Northwest Territory. It becamea separate territory with the seat of govern-ment at Kaskaskia in 1809, and was admit-ted as a state April IS, 1818. Such, in brief,is the early history of the State of Illinois. Its present capital, Springfield, on accountof its inland location, had no settlers untilafter the admission of the State into theUnion.
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