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Thank God for life, in such an age as this, / Rich with the promises of better things. / Thank God for being part of this great nation's heart, / Whose strong pulsations are not ruled by kings.
Our thanks for fearless and protesting speech / When cloven hoofs show 'neath the robes of state. / For us no servile song of ‘Kings can do no wrong. ' / Not royal birth, but worth, makes rulers great.
Thank God for peace within our border lands, / And for the love of peace within each soul. / Who thinks on peace has wrought, mosaic-squares of thought / In the foundation of our future goal.
Our thanks for love, and knowledge of love's laws. / Love is a greater power than vested might. / Love is the central source of all enduring force. / Love is the law that sets the whole world right.
Our thanks for that increasing torch of light / The tireless hand of science holds abroad. / And may its growing blaze shine on all hidden ways / Till man beholds the silhouette of God.