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pledged to secure the continued and endless du- 

 ration of our sun and solar system, including our 

 earth. And timorous humanity should no longer 

 shrink in horror at its prospective wreck and ruin. 

 May the truth prevail and man's mind be freed 

 from the horrors, of an anticipated destruction of 

 the sun and earth, and the optimistic joy of im- 

 perishable life and love here, and in the all-glorious 

 sun hereafter brighten the terrestial existence of 

 humanity. All hail ! thou life-giving sun ! 



Sweep on and ever while the cycles roll 



Thou wandering orb of luminious sod ! 

 Thou blazing banner of the mighty God ! 



From Creation's center to its farthest pole, 

 Speed on and on in thy unknown track; 

 But the hand that send thee can draw thee back, 

 And teach thee the way when thy footsteps stray, 

 As He doth the wanderer. 



Like a silent thought from Creation wrought, 

 Thou speakest a language weird and strange 

 Of the breadth of space and the speed of change, 



And the wondrous dream that the ages taught; 

 That from star to star, and from sun to sun 

 The soul shall pass while the cycles run 

 Renewed in its youth, gleaning wisdom and truth, 

 God's wisest wanderer. 



The living shall die, and the dead shall live, 

 And the mystery deepens on every hand, 

 And the worlds shall stay, and the soul shall stand, 



And a lesson of truth shall all things give. 



And a mystic touch hath a world to a world 

 And the banners of God are ever unfurled 

 In creation's face teaching truth and grace 

 To the wanderer. 



