Our Father, Mother Lord,
All harmony is thine.
Our strength, our Love adored,
Thou art the peace divine.
Thy Kingdom—Good—is here,
The ever-present might.
Make Thou our vision clear
In darkness as in light.
To know that Thou art all,
That "there is none beside."
('Tis Love's unchanging call
From morn till eventide.)
Give us the willing mind
Things lovingly to see.
Food for the famished find,
Ourselves are fed of thee.
As Love Divine reveals
its perfect tenderness,
O'er chastened hearts it steals
That long to give and bless.
Thou dost not tempt us, Lord,
In evil's net to stray.
Behold! its threefold cord
Thy might hath torn away,
Because Thou art the Good,
The substance, Life, Truth, Love,
The omnipresent all—
Thy Kingdom from above.
Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere,
'Tis nowhere to be found, or everywhere.
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