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Spirit of a Great Control, / Gird me with thy strength and might, / Essence of the Over-Soul -- / Fill me, thrill me with thy light; / Though the waves of sorrow beat / Madly at my very feet, / Though the night and storm are near, / Teach me that I need not fear.
Though the clouds obscure the sky, / When the tempest sweeps the lands, / Still about, below, on high, / God's great solar system stands. / Never yet a star went out. / What have I to fear or doubt? -- / I, a part of this great whole, / Governed by the Over-Soul.
Like the great eternal hills, / Like the rock that fronts the wave, / Let me meet all earthly ills / With a fearless heart and brave; / Like the earth that drinks the rain, / Let me welcome floods of pain, / Till I grow in strength to be / Worthy of my source in Thee.