And cheers the laborer’s toil with voice of praise.
Thus man is dignified by honest toil,
And the dread curse pronounced in Time’s young spring
Becomes a blessing in its autumn day.
So may the laborer stand amid his race—
Taught that true knowledge elevates the soul,
That the poor carpenter of Galilee
Once worked his task—then in the temple taught—
Then gave redemption to a guilty world—
And then resumed his station by his God!