"Bounty offered, life and peace;

To every soldier this is given,

When the toils of life shall cease,

A mansion bright, prepared in heaven."

As the throng pressed up, and came crowding from the distant aisles of the wood, the singers seemed to exert themselves to throw a wilder vehemence into the song, stretching out their arms and beckoning eagerly. They went on singing:—

"You need not fear; the cause is good,

Let who will to the crown aspire:

In this cause the martyrs bled,

And shouted victory in the fire.

"In this cause let's follow on,