Backward : – Men of old
Look’d for the age of Gold,
Dreaming of Men of nobler breed.
Children of Heaven and God indeed.
We to the future turn our gaze,
Still searching for the better days
Which Faith eternally is sure
Man sometime – somewhere shall secure.
In those great days we in our visions see
What shall the men be like that are to he?
First – strictly just and righteous – in the name
Of Him whose word to ancient Hebrews came.
And they shall be most merciful and pure.
Last – greatest gift of all – they shall secure
From Heav’nly fountains flowing full and free,
God’s infinite, Eternal Charity,
And bear it as the torch of Life and Light
To ev’ry corner of the dark world’s night.
O who will lead the world to reach
This great Evangel? Who will teach
The faltering, struggling lips to spell
The Word that shall the true faith tell.
(Edwin Exon)
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