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_In the banquet hall of Progress_ / _God has bidden to a feast_ / _All the women in the East_.
Some have said ‘We are not ready,- / We must wait another day. ' / Some, with voices clear and steady, / ‘Lord, we hear, and we obey.'
Others, timid and uncertain, / Step forth trembling in the light, / Many hide behind the curtain / With their faces hid from sight.
_In the banquet hall of Progress_ / _All must gather soon or late_, / _And the patient Host will wait_.
If to-day, or if to-morrow, / If in gladness, or in woe, / If with pleasure, or with sorrow, / All must answer, all must go. / They must go with unveiled faces, / Clothed in virtue and in pride. / For the Host has set their places, / And He will not he denied.