Part 1 — TRUTH.

AS stands the old oak when the tempest is raging, While others less firm are upturned by the blast, So Truth, though with Error a warfare is waging, Is firm and unyielding, triumphant at last. She stands as unmoved as the bold promontory, Tow'ring so proud by the waves of the sea; Her heart-gushing song and her soul-cheering story Should bless and make glad every land that may be Truth, mighty and noble, down came from the Maker, The Sovereign Ruler of earth and of sky; Then cling to her fondly and never forsake her, Till death shall have closed thy now beaming eye; Truth is so mighty, Superstition and Error, All powerless and weak, must fall by her side; Then, friends of the Right, do not falter in terror, But nobly press onward with Truth for your guide.