BECAUSE God's law a law of progress is,
Each swiftly passing year, each day, unfolds
Unto perfection; and though hate and fear
May find expression in the bitterness
Of war and want; though baseless fear and dread
Stalk specterlike abroad upon the earth,
Gaunt witness to its needless misery;
Still God is wholly good. His law supreme
Encircles and upholds the universe.
Because God's law a law of justice is,
No evil can prevail; its lying claim
To law and power shall perish, bow before
Omnipotence, the mighty majesty
Of wisdom's stern decree, that in the flame
Of Spirit's cleansing fire, all things unlike
Divine perfection shall be quite consumed;
And from these ashes rise in nobler guise
A truer semblance of eternal Mind.
Because God's law a law of mercy is,
All hatred, cruelty, destructive strife,
Shall by the universal solvent, Love,
Be utterly dissolved; and justice, peace,
And harmony reign in the hearts of men.
No more shall war be learned, or tyranny
Dwell in the land; fulfilled the prophecy
That none shall hurt, destroy, or make afraid
In all the holy mountain of our God.
