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IN FAITH THIS CORNER-STONE WE LAY.
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IN FAITH THIS CORNER-STONE WE LAY.
FOR THE CORNER-STONE LAYING, WORCESTER ACADEMY, 1889.
In faith this corner-stone we lay,—
A tribute to fair Learning's shrine;
God is our wisdom, God our stay,
And His the work our thoughts design.
A tribute to fair Learning's shrine;
God is our wisdom, God our stay,
And His the work our thoughts design.
We build in faith for nobler years,
For generations yet to be;
As every soul its structure rears
And builds for immortality.
For generations yet to be;
As every soul its structure rears
And builds for immortality.
Let children's children here be trained
To love the paths their fathers trod,
To keep the boon their fathers gained,
To love and trust their fathers' God.
To love the paths their fathers trod,
To keep the boon their fathers gained,
To love and trust their fathers' God.
And day by day the walls shall grow,
And arch, and dome, and towers shall rise,
As, slowly, works of love below
Tend to bright mansions in the skies.
And arch, and dome, and towers shall rise,
As, slowly, works of love below
Tend to bright mansions in the skies.
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