Evening star., 1925-03-04


And And he it was that held tn. holy book
Eas,s. Thai oath ,I,, tina. sacred oath which
In thought and word and deed.
Seeing in you once more that stssdtastn.ss
OF soul and heart and mind
we come. this day an unseen host we come
or all dear-loved country, to confess
Our fathers common faith: with you bind
To follow STILL freedoms difacuit
All our true leaders who have gone before.
OF od that thu tn the ne s
Still onward upward. to the distant gesI
Yet see! The dawn is near Le side by side,
Nation with nation,
Generation with generation,
al 5onsa sos ,onether ~,es sxesy BY ss. ss living tie.
OF sorrows shared and common sacrifice!
Taking at last a little child 10 guide
Along our steep, dark, dinhcut wsy-
Though faint with toll. shall W. now strain
Our eyes to see the coming OF the asy
Oh. pride, ali in vain,
This piL day, day we come to raise .,,r
Her. undsr freedom: .ki..
s-a .G.tt ***
Out of the darkest hour p
W we eoss come "a. and M lift our. our eye, ;s,t.
Seeking that sacred power
Which has Its earthly rise
In All true saerince J..
Under this banner of ours. unturl.d
To the winds OF the
by grace,
Citizens soy.rsisns over this land
Give you, this day. high place.
And the Nations voic.
Gives unto o =.
Hs oHsr os.r .r our sr%,ss ..rvsat Of so stand
At watch In the house -.e .--..r.-e -..'---
Solemn and mutual vows
t. t. ssa.s, 9S: s. 1r sar. :nR :s o. IF
AGAINST treason within and without
within--tor the fate
II a.ns a our on thess sessFR Ro1. xs ns.
Without-for
And this oath which take,
For our our prs% ~sr is the he fs nshs against war
The battle of youth with doubt,
with death.
And our song
3 the battle shout
pf ps. ,1iss Tissty srsssb ssIy Of peace
OF newborn harmonies
That shall be sung in every human tongue
This tn. oath you take.
As you take up the night AGAINST wrong;
To defend even unto the END
T, 5,. na th: M:rs1 the e5T s5ss we confess
With righteousness;
And .nd nsusht nsusht i.::. s.:: Is sure
These dreams, foolish dreams;
Through tn. desert stin seems
sha R. dust ns.F sSs ". rails: i'n'
shut out all the light Of days.
Shah no lea leader rsa ;. found in our need?
Those tales that ara ar. told
Who were faithless pervers.,
And worshpped strange gods. which they wrought
, With the work OF their hands
Since we have Stunned the shadows that ar. cast
Upon the air mirases Of the sky;
The long, dark, fatal years are past:
Set up has. gods high
Within the market place?
Or. seeking srac.
Ana kn.eiinx down each man upon his hearth il,
Scattered Xix. seeds the earth
Till the children Of men.
Each Zach. man ] and each woman.
shall raise them again,
Aas. sas maks sk;,. then, ns vns. sn.D At
Now no more a. Of old
May striving by day
Fill the sight of
Sor Mth .S tn. '1s light CT tn: ne .ns blind
Ere the days work is done.
For the wind Of Lord blows behind us,
And loud
Is the sound of it;
And the tale thereof told
See. columns arise .t
Are become as a pillar of cloud
To point way.
And our cup shall run Ger
In the day Of
And He shall
make whole,
The great living soul
OF the tebminE
World, dreaming
OF things that TO be. ~.
Tn. things yet TO b. ar. tn. thing. must DO =
To be constant ana true
To
So here and
We bid you stand:
and receive the great oath--tc. protect
This fair temple of ours. which planned
Through the ages of
BY mind OF the One
Great Architect
of the prophets sAgss.
BY whom work as begun:
This house which was made by mems
And the work of their hands
Under the
This temple, which stands
a refuge for of all nations;
Whose strong foundations
Forever firm laid in the soil