Glowing face, and my young soul gathering

Inspiration from thy words. Again I heard

Thee tell the grand traditions of our race,

The blessed hopes and glorious promises

That weave their golden threads among the sombre

Tissues of our lives, and shimmer still amid

The gloom and shadows of our lot. Again

I heard thee tell of Abraham, with his constant

Faith and earnest trust in God, unto whom

The promise came that in his seed should all