"Thy kingdom come!"

"Thy kingdom come!" on bended knee

the passing ages pray;

and faithful souls have yearned to see

on earth that kingdom's day.

But the slow watches of the night

not less to God belong;

and for the everlasting right

the silent stars are strong.

And lo, already on the hills

the flags of dawn appear;

gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,

proclaim the day is near:

The day to whose clear shining light

all wrong shall stand revealed,

when justice shall be throned in might,

and every heart be healed;

When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,

shall walk the earth abroad;

the day of perfect righteousness,

the promised day of God.

-Frederick Lucian Hosmer
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