May his praises resound to the wide world’s end.
’Twas a gladdening sight, it did one’s heart good,
When he laid the foundation stone, humbly he stood,
’Midst the ragged, and wretched, and the poor cast-away,
The well-to-do folk, and the great and the gay,—
Proclaiming “My worldly possessions I owe
To the Ruler of all things above and below,
And through life my earnest endeavour shall be
To distribute those blessings given to me.”
Well spoken, my Lord, may your stewardship meet