Excerpt from Bradbury's Golden Shower of S. S. Melodies: A New Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Sabbath School With the exception of four or five Of the old familiar tunes such as St. Thomas, Silver St., China, &c., the Music and poetry of the golden shower have all been composed, written and arranged ex pressly for it, and having been Entered according to Act of Congress by the author, is his copy right property. Persons desirous of reprinting one or more pieces, from either words or music or both, must first obtain permission OF the author; as any reprint for any purpose whatever without having first Obtained such permission would be an infringement up on the copyright, for which the person so trespassing is liable and will beheld accountable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.