_Lord_, _let us pray_.
Give us the open mind, O God,
The mind that dares believe
In paths of thought as yet untrod;
The mind that can conceive
Large visions of a wider way
Than circumscribes our world to-day.
May tolerance temper our own faith,
However great our zeal;
When others speak of life and death,
Let us not plunge a steel
Into the heart of one who talks
In terms we deem unorthodox.
Help us to send our thoughts through space,
Where worlds in trillions roll,
Each fashioned for its time and place,
Each portion of the whole;
Till our weak minds may feel a sense
Of Thy Supreme Omnipotence.
Let us not shame Thee with a creed
That builds a costly church,
But blinds us to a brother’s need
Because he dares to search
For truth in his own soul and heart
And finds his church in home and mart.
_Give us the faith that makes us kind_,
_Give us the open sight and mind_—
_O God_, _the often mind_
_That lifts itself to meet the Ray_
_Of the New Dawning Day_:
_Lord_, _let us pray_.