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With a look and voice prophetic
Spake the solemn Crisis then:
I have only mapped the future
For the erring sons of men.
Spake the solemn Crisis then:
I have only mapped the future
For the erring sons of men.
If ye strive for Truth and Justice,
If ye battle for the Right,
Ye shall lay your hands all strengthened
On God's robe of love and light;
If ye battle for the Right,
Ye shall lay your hands all strengthened
On God's robe of love and light;
But if ye trample on His children,
To his ear will float each groan,
Jar the cords that bind them to Him,
And they'll vibrate at his throne.
To his ear will float each groan,
Jar the cords that bind them to Him,
And they'll vibrate at his throne.
And the land that forges fetters,
Binds the weak and poor in chains,
Must in blood or tears of sorrow
Wash away her guilty stains.
Binds the weak and poor in chains,
Must in blood or tears of sorrow
Wash away her guilty stains.
THE DISMISSAL OF TYNG.
"We have but three words to say, 'served him right.'"
Church Journal (Episcopal)
Served him right! How could he dare
To touch the idol of our day?
What if its shrine be red with blood?
Why, let him turn his eyes away.
To touch the idol of our day?
What if its shrine be red with blood?
Why, let him turn his eyes away.
