WRITTEN IN 1867, AND INSCRIBED TO THOSE WHO WERE THEN
ENGAGED IN THE NOBLE AND PATRIOTIC WORK OF PROVIDING ONE.
In the cause of Education
Let us raise the standard high,
And in tones of exultation
"Upward--onward!" be the cry.
Let us rear this Fane of Learning--
Beauteous Temple of the Mind;
Where true hearts, for knowledge yearning,
May the priceless jewel find.
In the cause of Education
Let the glorious altar stand,
As a bulwark of the nation,
As a blessing in the land.
Let an unsectarian fabric
Grow in grandeur from the sod,
As a crown upon our manhood,
As a monument to God.
In the cause of Education
Let the wealth which Wisdom owns
Be out-scattered open-handed
To uprear this Throne of Thrones:
And, like bread upon the waters,
Hearts that give from store of gold
Will, in never-dying blessings,
Richly reap a thousand-fold.
In the cause of Education,
In the search for simple Truth,
In the proud Confederation
Which ennobles striving youth,
Let each heart's best pulses quicken,
Patriotic souls up-leap,
Till, mind-freighted, sails the fabric
Like an ark upon the deep.