Thou art the Life! When earth sprang into being, Thy word pronounced it fair; When systems ranged themselves, at God's decreeing, In orbit, Thou wert there.

All joy, all peace, all hope beyond forecasting, All creatures' Vital breath, Spring from the pangs that wrenched life everlasting Out of the heart of death.

All good that ever came to cheer the ages, All providential grace, All alchemy of Nature that presages Grand futures for our race, From first to last by Thee are generated Yea, from a senseless clod, This soul that praises Thee, Thou hast created.

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