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The
Gates of Time and Other Poems
by
Frederick George Scott
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THE
EVERLASTING FATHER
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Thou
whose face is as the lightning and whose chariot
as the sun,
Unto whom a thousand ages in their passing are as
one,
All our worlds and mighty systems are but tiny grains
of sand,
Held above the gulfs of chaos in the hollow of Thy
hand.
Yea, we see Thy power about us, and we feel its
volumes roll
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Through
the torrent of our passions and the stillness of
the soul,
Where its visions light the darkness till the dawn
that is to be,
Like the long auroral splendours on a silent polar
sea.
Then uplift us, great Creator, to communion with
Thy will,
Crush our puny heart-rebellions, make our baser
cravings still.
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Thou
whose fingers through the ages wrought with fire
the soul of man,
Blend it more and more forever with the purpose
of Thy plan.
Speak, O Lord, in voice of thunder, show Thy
footsteps on the deep,
Pour Thy sunshine from the heavens on the blinded
eyes that weep,
Till the harmonies of nature and exalted human
love
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| Make
the universe a mirror of the glorious God above. |
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