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Caption: Dedication - New Main Dedication
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3s£ &MM*^& WRITTEN FOR nn: otVAHfOX, l£eH.n.iiiifii ami ||abar* ^OWN the line of struggling ages, Swells the cry for truth and light, | Wrung from bosoms of the peoples, I Dimly yearning for the right. ) Toiling millions, bravely bearing L All the burdens of the day, p Supplteate the ear all-hearing, For to labor is to pray. Down the line of ages flaming. Glow the kind ling fires of thought ; Flashing 'neath the stroke of hammers, Light, as well as iron, is wroughtAnd" the miirhty. schools of labor, With their .problems deep and stern, Educate the toiling peoples, For to labor is to learn. Thus the Father's wisdom giveth Answer, from the prayer out-wrought: From the furrowed fields of labor Come the harvest sheaves of thought ; And.from out the line of ages, Gleams the truth of Christly birthLearning, incarnate in labor. Shall regenerate the earth. Then to lalnr and to learning Let us consecrate these halls: Lo ! they come as God's strong angel* Hringing light and breaking thralls ; Kindling in us hopes supernal Of a glorious coming time, When the love and might eternal Shall work out (tod's will sublime.
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