Classic Poem

1. O'er continent and ocean, From city, field, and wood,
2. We hear, O Lord, these voices And hail them as thine own,
Still speak, O Lord, thy messengers Of peace and brotherhood.
They speak as speak the winds and tides On planets far and lone.
In Athens and Benares, In Rome and Galilee,
One God, the Life of Ages One rule, his will above,
They fronted kings and conquerors, And taught mankind of thee.
One realm our wide humanity, One law, the law of love.

3. The tribes and nations falter
In rivalries of fear;
The fires of hate to ashes turn,
To dust the sword and spear.
Thy word alone remaineth;
That word we speak again;
O'er sea and shore and continent,
To all the sons of men.