Note 43 — Appendix
Reading edition
The Bishop of Ripon, under the title of "Seeking and Finding," gives the following text and exquisite little poem as a Diocesan Motto for 1899:
O Master of my soul, where dwellest Thou? For but one Sovereign doth love allow, And if I find not Thee, quite lost am I; Tell me Thy dwelling place: this is my cry. No travel will I shrink, no danger dread, If to Thy home, where'er it be, I may be led: Not where the world displays its golden pride, Only with Him, Who is the King, would I abide.
Nay, not in far distant lands, but ever near, Near as the heart that hopes or beats with fear; My Home is in the heaven, and yet I dwell With every human heart that loveth well. Not where proud perils are I place My throne, But with the true of heart, and these alone; So where the contrite soul breathes a true sigh, And where kind deeds are done, even there dwell I. And those who live by love need never ask, They find my dwelling place in every task; Vainly they seek who all impatient roam; If brave and good thy heart, there is My home.