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Show MM OF IBf j SUNGAT FAUj five laW Voices! in Chorus, j Sung at the Opening of thev Great Fair in St. Louis. J Written by Edmund Clarence St.' : man, tho Husic by pr0f, i John K. Paine, if Tho following hymn, written neon i-h X fcatlon of th0 exposition mangK XI Edmund Clarence Stcdman. was imZ i7 1 a chorus of five hundred' "."S-.H opening of tho World's fair in ri today. Tho music for the hymn wis Vii ten. also upon official InvItaUon brSV John K. Paino of Harvard University. 'A HTTCOT OF THE WEST. 1 I TUnnT TV a T7 Tn r-Ti I O Thou, whoso glorious orbs on high. Engird tho earth with splendor rouni From out thy secret placo draw njrh Tho courts and temples of this croa-J. ! Eeternal Light, 8 ' Fill with thy might Thcco domes that in thy purposa rrer 1 And lift a. nation's heart anel Illumine thou each pathway hsr. !' To show the marvels God hath wrtif,: Slnco flrot thy people's chief and t ; Looked up with that prophetic thouik '. Bado Time unroll ' h Tho fateful scroll, And empire unto Freedom gave From cloudland height to troplo whti. ' Poured through the gateways ot tit ' North Thy mighty rivers Join their tide. And on the wings of morn scat forth Their mistfl the far-off peaks divide, 'i By the unsealed, Th mountains yield Ores that tho wealth of Ophir ihiat, ' And gems enwrought of Kita-izti flame. ' i Lo. though what years tho soli hith'h!;' At thlno own time to give IncrMw-The IncrMw-The greater and tho lasher srain, The ripening boll, the myriad fletwl ( Thy creatures graze Appointed waya, ' League after leagua across th Imsd Tho ceaseless herds obey thy hiad. ' Thou, whoso high arch ways nhk; nut ' clear j Abovo the plenteous western plain. Time ancient tribes from round Uu iplci. To breathe Its quickening eJr ar foiz; And smiles the sun To Ben made one 1 Their brood throughout Earth's pets-. est spaco, Kg Land of tho now and lordlier ractl E EDMUND CLARENCE STEDVIA?. J 1904. 'Iff (Copyright. 1D04. by Robert Ailed H!i Special Permission to publish the Associated Press.) jmt |