DOMINION DAY, 1900.
Reading edition
Rejoice, O Canada, rejoice, On this thy natal day; In East and West lift up thy voice, And to thy children say: "Behold me now to stature sprung; Acclaim my second birth; A Nation now I stand among My sisters of the earth."
The wrath of man doth praise the Lord; And, glorious be His name, An Empire, fashioned by the sword And welded in the flame, Hath risen o'er the battle-smoke, And near and far unfurled Its righteous standard to evoke Heaven's blessings on the world.