Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1858 — INDEPENDENCE DAY. [ARTICLE]

INDEPENDENCE DAY.

With joy we meet. With smiles we greet, Our school mates bright and gay; Ee dry each tear Of sorrow here—’Tis Independence Day. 'Tis Freedom’* sound That Tings around, And brightens every ray; Our banner floats. With trumpet rootgs, On Independence Day.V i While thunder breaks. And nursic wakes Its patriotic lay. At temple gate Our feet shall wait On Independence Da|y. O who from home Would fail to come And join the children's lay, i ■ When praise we bring To God our King On Independence Diy? For liberty, Great God, to thee, Our grateful thanks we pay. For thanks, xve know, To thee we owe. On Independence Daj\