HYMN OF ST. PAUL'S "CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE SOCIETY."
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Not ours to ask thee, "What is truth?" For here it shines the light of light; And all may see it, age or youth, Who will but leave the outer night. 'Tis ours to tread, not seek, the way That "brightens to the perfect day." But this we ask thee, dearest Lord— Let faith, so precious, feed and grow; And make our lives the more accord With fear and love, the more we know. For thus, too, shall we point the way That "brightens to the perfect day." Nor have we learnt it save to teach; It is for others we are wise. The humblest has a charge to preach Thy kingdom in a nation's eyes: A nation groping for the way That "brightens to the perfect day." O thou, our patron, great St. Paul! Apostle of the West, to thee We boldly come and fondly call, As children at a father's knee: Come thou, and with us lead the way That "brightens to the perfect day"! B. D. H.