WRITTEN FOR THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN UNION, MAY 31, 1893

TUNE, “DUNDER”

Our Father! while our hearts unlearn
 The creeds that wrong thy name,
Still let our hallowed altars burn
 With Faith's undying flame!

Not by the lightning-gleams of wrath
 Our souls thy face shall see,
The star of Love must light the path
 That leads to Heaven and Thee.

Help us to read our Master's will
 Through every darkening stain
That clouds his sacred image still,
 And see Him once again,

The brother man, the pitying friend
 Who weeps for human woes,
Whose pleading words of pardon blend
 With cries of raging foes.

If 'mid the gathering storms of doubt,
 Our hearts grow faint and cold,
The strength we cannot live without
 Thy love will not withhold.

Our prayers accept; our sins forgive;
 Our youthful zeal renew;
Shape for us holier lives to live,
 And nobler work to do!