The laying of the corner-stone of The Mother Church.
Laus Deo, it is done!
Rolled away from loving heart
Is a stone.
Lifted higher, we depart,
Having one.
_Laus Deo_,–on this rock
(Heaven chiseled squarely good)
Stands His church,–
God is Love, and understood
By His flock.
_Laus Deo_, night star-lit
Slumbers not in God’s embrace;
Be awake;
Like this stone, be in thy place:
Stand, not sit.
Grave, silent, steadfast stone,
Dirge and song and shoutings low
In thy heart
Dwell serene,–and sorrow? No,
It has none,
_Laus Deo!_
(Mary Baker Eddy)
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