1. Though low ly here our lot may be, High work have

In faith and trust to follow Him Whose lot was low-ly too. A-MEN.

3 Our lives enriched with gentle thoughts 5 Thus may we make the lowliest lot

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Flow'rs of Thy heart, O God, are they; Let them not pass, like weeds, a

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plan-ets sing-ing on their way; Guide of the na- tions from the night pro-found.

to the glory of the perfect day,- Rule in our hearts, that

Guided and strengthened and up-held by Thee. A-MEN. d

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James W. Elliott, 1874

1. These things shall be! a loft-ier race Than e'er the world has known shall rise

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With flame of free-dom in their souls And light of knowledge in their eyes. A-MEN.

3 They shall be gentle, brave, and strong 4 Man shall love man with heart so pure
To spill no drop of blood, but dare
All that may plant man's lordship firm,
On earth, and fire, and sea, and air.

3 Nation with nation, land with land,
Unarmed shall live as comrades free;
In every heart and brain shall throb
The pulse of one fraternity.

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And fervent as the young-eyed throng
Who chant their heavenly psalms before
God's face with undiscordant song.

New arts shall bloom of loftier mould,
And mightier music thrill the skies,
And every life shall be a song,
When all the earth is paradise.

6 There shall be no more sin, nor shame,
Though pain and passion may not die;
For man shall be at one with God

In bonds of firm necessity.

John Addington Symonds, 1880

(YORKSHIRE)

3 We would be one in hatred of all wrong,
One in our love of all things sweet and fair;
One with the joy that breaketh into song,

One with the grief that trembles into prayer;
One in the power that makes Thy children free
To follow truth, and thus to follow Thee.

4 O clothe us with Thy heavenly armor, Lord,
Thy trusty shield, Thy sword of love divine.
Our inspiration be Thy constant word;

We ask no victories that are not Thine.
Give or withhold, let pain or pleasure be;
Enough to know that we are serving Thee.
John W. Chadwick, 1876

1. At length there dawns the glorious day By prophets long fore- told;

At length the chorus clear - er grows That shep-herds heard of old.

And hu- man ha- treds flee be-fore The ra-diant East-ern skies.