INVOCATION.
Out of the darkness, and out of the night,Into the realm of Truth and Light,Far from all things which are gross and material,Upward toward all that is pure and ethereal,Lift us, oh, Infinite Spirit!Let no temptation or evil enthrall,Help us to exercise love toward all.Speed on the day, when of Christian charityIt need not be said, Alas! for the rarity!Help us to trust, where sight cannot reach,Knowing that soon or late unto eachShall be unfolded the deep, deep mysteryThat has o’er-clouded the page of life’s history.We thank thee, oh Father, that dimly is dawningThe sunlight of Truth, the “Millennial morning.”And that soon o’er the earth shall re-echo the song,Of the triumph of Right, over Error and wrong.
Out of the darkness, and out of the night,Into the realm of Truth and Light,Far from all things which are gross and material,Upward toward all that is pure and ethereal,Lift us, oh, Infinite Spirit!Let no temptation or evil enthrall,Help us to exercise love toward all.Speed on the day, when of Christian charityIt need not be said, Alas! for the rarity!Help us to trust, where sight cannot reach,Knowing that soon or late unto eachShall be unfolded the deep, deep mysteryThat has o’er-clouded the page of life’s history.We thank thee, oh Father, that dimly is dawningThe sunlight of Truth, the “Millennial morning.”And that soon o’er the earth shall re-echo the song,Of the triumph of Right, over Error and wrong.
Out of the darkness, and out of the night,Into the realm of Truth and Light,Far from all things which are gross and material,Upward toward all that is pure and ethereal,Lift us, oh, Infinite Spirit!
Out of the darkness, and out of the night,
Into the realm of Truth and Light,
Far from all things which are gross and material,
Upward toward all that is pure and ethereal,
Lift us, oh, Infinite Spirit!
Let no temptation or evil enthrall,Help us to exercise love toward all.Speed on the day, when of Christian charityIt need not be said, Alas! for the rarity!
Let no temptation or evil enthrall,
Help us to exercise love toward all.
Speed on the day, when of Christian charity
It need not be said, Alas! for the rarity!
Help us to trust, where sight cannot reach,Knowing that soon or late unto eachShall be unfolded the deep, deep mysteryThat has o’er-clouded the page of life’s history.We thank thee, oh Father, that dimly is dawningThe sunlight of Truth, the “Millennial morning.”And that soon o’er the earth shall re-echo the song,Of the triumph of Right, over Error and wrong.
Help us to trust, where sight cannot reach,
Knowing that soon or late unto each
Shall be unfolded the deep, deep mystery
That has o’er-clouded the page of life’s history.
We thank thee, oh Father, that dimly is dawning
The sunlight of Truth, the “Millennial morning.”
And that soon o’er the earth shall re-echo the song,
Of the triumph of Right, over Error and wrong.
Transcriber’s noteMinor punctuation and format errors have been changed without notice. The following Printer errors have been changed:CHANGEDFROMTOPage5:“Their’s is a life”“Theirs is a life”Page19:“with out one fear”“without one fear”Page24:“I could’nt help it”“I couldn’t help it”Page24:“Why could’nt Santa”“Why couldn’t Santa”Page24:“I would’nt pass”“I wouldn’t pass”Page42:“unto souls a-weary”“unto souls aweary”Page47:“our heroes today”“our heroes to-day”Page47:“thrilled with sadest”“thrilled with saddest”Page53“will find to day”“will find to-day”Page54:“hie them to the noons”“hie them to the noon’s”Page63:“Rushing o’e”“Rushing o’er”Page65:“’gainst temptations mighty”“’gainst temptation’s mighty”Page74:“one familiar foot-step”“one familiar footstep”Page80:“tarry ye springtime”“tarry ye spring-time”Page81:“Millenial morning”“Millennial morning”All other inconsistencies are as in the original.
Minor punctuation and format errors have been changed without notice. The following Printer errors have been changed:
All other inconsistencies are as in the original.