Show r THE j LONG PEACE SINCE 1865 S Angel of Peace thou hast wandered too longl Spread thy wings to the sunshine of lovel Came while our voices are blended In song Fly to our ark like the storm beaten dove t Fly to our ark on the flags of the dove Speed oer the sounding billows of song Crowned with thine olive leat garland of love Angel of Peace thou host waited too long Brothers we meet on this clear of thine Mingling the gifts we have gathered for thee Sweet with the odors of myrtle and pine Breeze of the prairie and breath of the sea endow and mountain and forest and sea Sweet Is the fragrance of myrtle and pine Sweeter tho Incense we offer to thee Brothers once more round this altar of thine Angel of Bethlehem answer the strain I Hark a new birth BOng Is filling the sky Loud as the storm wind that tumbles the main Bid the full breath of the organ reply Let the loud tempest of voices reply I Ron its long surge like the earth shaking main Swell the vast song till it mounts to the sky Angels of Bethlehem echo the strain 1 |