Prayer For The Union

J - - - Tlion too, 6íil on, O Ship of State! Siiil on, O Union, Strung and great! Humnnily wiih all lts fcirs, W i;h all ihe hope of fut tire years, Ie hanging reathless on lliy fat e! We fenow whnt masterlaii the keil, Wh.'it workmin wrtxight thy ribs of steel, Who made encli mast and sail and rope, Wliai an-ils rang, wliat hamnier beat, In what a l'orge and what o lieat Were shaped tlie anchors of tliy hope! Fi-ar not c-ach sudlcn sound and shock, 'lis of the wava and not the rock, - 'Tis but Ihe fltipping of the s!l And;not a icnt made ihe gale! In ipit of rork or tempesta roar, In spite of fa'.se ligliis on the shore, Sail on. nor fett lo bi'enst the sea! Our hearts, our liopea are all with thee. Our hrarU, our hopei, our prayers oiirtears, Our foilh triumphaiit u't our fears, Are all with theo - are all with iheel