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(Presbyter of Christ in America, 1683-1708)
To thee, plain hero of a rugged race, / We bring the meed of praise too long delayed!
Thy fearless word and faithful work have made / For God's Republic firmer resting-place / In this New World: for thou hast preached the grace / And power of Christ in many a forest glade, / Teaching the truth that leaves men unafraid / Of frowning tyranny or death's dark face.
Oh, who can tell how much we owe to thee, / Makemie, and to labour such as thine, / For all that makes America the shrine / Of faith untrammelled and of conscience free?
Stand here, gray stone, and consecrate the sod / Where rests this brave Scotch-Irish man of God!
April, 1908.