The age for damning, dogmatizing creeds,
Thanks to the power of Truth, has passed away,
For man hath nobler thoughts and higher needs,
And more exalted purposes to-day:
From the soul’s garden he tears up the weeds
Of idle disputation, and display—
Not words intolerant, but the bright array
Of generous impulses and holy deeds,
Are the bright evidence of saving faith,
The best obedience to his law who saith:—
“Seek for the Truth inquiringly—nor fear
The guidance which from Truth’s great source sublime
Leads wandering man, through the rude tracks of time,
To that Eternity where all is clear.”
(John Bowring)
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