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I. Arise, O master artist of the age, / And paint the picture which at once shall be / Immortal art and bless'd prophecy. / The bruiséd vision of the world assuage; / To earth's dark book add one illumined page, / So scintillant with truth, that all who see / Shall break from superstition and stand free. / Now let this wondrous work thy hand engage. / The mortal sorrow of the Nazarene, / Too long has been faith's symbol and its sign; / Too long a dying Saviour has sufficed. / Give us the glowing emblem which shall mean / Mankind awakened to the Self Divine; / The living emblem of the Radiant Christ.
II. Too long the crucifix on Calvary's height / Has cast its shadow on the human heart. / Let now Religion's great co-worker Art, / Limn on the background of departing night, / The shining Face all palpitant with light, / And God's true message to the world impart. / Go tell each toiler in the home and mart, / ‘Lo, Christ is with ye, if ye seek aright. ' / The world forgets the vital word Christ taught; / The only word the world has need to know: / The answer to creation's problem-Love. / The world remembers what the Christ forgot; / His cross of anguish and His death of woe; / Release the martyr, and the Cross remove!