One by one pure thoughts and holy
Lift us out of self and sin;
One by one bright gleams of glory
Show the goal we all would win.
One by one our trusts are strengthened,
As our lives to God we give;
One by one our days are lengthened,
As in Love we move and live.
One by one our aims grow purer,
As our deeds reflect our God;
One by one our songs are clearer,
As we rise above the clod.
One by one the years move onward
To the time by Prophets told;
One by one their words float homeward,
Singing of one Lord, one fold.
Then within Love's ever-presence,
We shall stand arrayed in white;
Knowing full that great Effulgence
Which men call The Infinite:
Know the mysteries of His Kingdom,
Hear the chants of Spirit sung,
Live at one with that great Wisdom,
From which all creation sprung.
