His wisdom and His power display.”
Deeply prayerful was the last stanza:
“And let those learn, who here shall meet,
True wisdom is with reverence crowned,
And science walks with humble feet
To seek the God that faith hath found.”
The hymn of dedication was most appropriate. It was written by William Cullen Bryant, who was a student in Williams College. And it was from occasional summer afternoons of meditation in the chapel of this college that Senator Francis Hendricks conceived the idea of providing this memorial chapel for Syracuse University. Here are two stanzas:
“Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands,
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands