PRAYER

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.