Classic Poem

Go on thy bright career, brave, faithful heart,
Prayers of the faithful every step attending;
Go spread the triumphs of the Mystic A RT ,
Wherever knee to D EITY is bending;
Raise up the landmarks, long in rubbish hidden;
Rear high the Altar on Moriah's brow;
Denounce all teachings by our rites forbidden,
And L IGHT, MORE LIGHT , on yearning hearts bestow.

Crush all things that obstruct the cause of truth;
How grand, how noble is the sacrifice!
How worthy of the brightest dreams of youth,
To build a H OUSE like that within the skies!
Oh, when we lay thee, mourned-for, neath the sod,
And cast the green and fragrant bough of faith,
How cheerful can we give thee to thy God
Whose works defy the utmost power of death!