No caste nor creed, nor party pride

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No caste nor creed, nor party pride

Author: C. Austin Miles
Tune: [No caste nor creed, nor party pride]
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1 No caste nor creed, nor party pride,
True patriots of our land may know,
But as a unity must decide
The saloon shall go.

Refrain:
Rouse then, patriots!
Not a moment may be lost;
Join this army, rum to overthrow forever;
Forward, freemen!
Right must win at any cost;
This the cry shall ever be,
“The saloon must go.”

2 This cursed crime that blights our land
With life defiled and virtue lost,
Demands that freemen take their stand,
Nor count the cost. [Refrain]

3 Do broken hearts and ruined homes
Demand no respite from their woe?
This be our cry, “Whatever comes,
The saloon must go.” [Refrain]

4 Who dares to face a mighty God,
While rum to this fair land is wed?
A coward he, the path untrod
Who fears to tread! [Refrain]

Source: Gospel Gems Number 1 : One Hundred Eighty Sacred Selections for Religious Meetings #170

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Author: C. Austin Miles

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >

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