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Show THE ASCENT OF MAN. He stood upon the earth, and turned To oaa on iky and land and sea, While In his ear the whisper burned. "Behold, these all belong to thee!" O wondrous call to conquests newl O thrill of btoodl O joy of soull O peaks with ever-widening vlewl O race, with still receding goall HI 1 He heard! he followed, evermore 8tumbllng and falling, wandering far; Yet still advancing, while before His footsteps shone the guiding star. Until he stood wltn regaj brow-No brow-No more, as on the primal sod, A creature yet ungrown, but now Lord of two worlds and child of God, Rosslter W. Raymond. . . . r --nn nnnnrnnn r nnrnvuwiuijijv r , rrui Jiri-ri-n jl r ru-in ririri ti n r iivi r - |