STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 89 



The University choir sang the following ode, written for the occasion : 



I.KARN'ING AM) LAUUR. 



Down the line of struggling ages 



Swells the cry for Truth and Light, 

 Wrung from bosoms of the peoples, 



Dimly yearning for the Right. 

 Toiling millions, bravely bearing 



All the burdens of the day, 

 Supplicate the Ear All-Hearing, 



For to labor is to pray. 



Down the line of ages flaming, 



Glow the kindling fires of Thought ; 

 Flashing 'neath the stroke of hammers. 



Light, as well as iron, is wrought. 

 And the mighty 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 birth, — 

 Learning incarnate in Labor, 



Shall regenerate the Earth. 



Then to Labor and to Learning 



Let us consecrate these halls ; 

 Lo ! they come as God's strong angels. 



Bringing light and breaking thralls ; 

 Kindling in us hopes supernal 



Of a glorious coming time. 

 When the love and might eternal 



Shall work out God's will sublime. 



