Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.”
[1] See p. 477 of The Relation of Confirmation to Baptism, by A. J. Mason, D.D. (Longmans.)
[2] At a men’s service held in St. Mary Bredin’s Church, Canterbury, on December 4th, 1904.