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Hither we turn with loy al heart, Dear Moth er of

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For more than gold has been the lore We learned beside thy knee,

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The faith that grows from more to more, The truth that mak-eth free;

A-men.

2 The strength to do and to endure Through good report and ill,

The heart of love, the conscience pure,
And the undaunted will.

We walk the well-known paths once more
Amid the summer's bloom;
We pass familiar thresholds o'er,

And breathe the air of home.

3 Nor we alone: they come unseen, Unheard their footsteps fall; Voices long hushed to earth within The cloistered silence call.

Fair visions rise from out the years,
And fast the memories throng,
Till eyes are filled with happy tears,
And hearts with grateful song.

4 Be proud, O Mother, of thy past! It lives in thee to-day;

And still its high traditions cast

Their light upon thy way.

Our love and hope ring out their chime Above thy festival;

Blessings upon thee through all time,

Thou who hast blessed us all!

FREDERICK L. HOSMER

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2 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might:
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;

Thou, in the darkness drear, their Light of light. Alleluia!

3 0, may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,

Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,

And win, with them, the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia !

4 O, blest communion, fellowship divine!

We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;

Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine. Alleluia!

5 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,

Steals on the ear the distant triumph-song,

And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia!

6 The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.

Alleluia!

7 But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way. Alleluia!

8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!

WILLIAM W. How, 1864

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With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died.

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2 Elect from every nation,

Yet one o'er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation

One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.

3 'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace for evermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.

4 Yet she on earth hath union
With Father, Spirit, Son,
And mystic sweet communion

With those whose rest is won:
O happy ones and holy!

Lord, give us grace that we,
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee.

SAMUEL J. STONE, 1866

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