She takes but to give again
As the sea returns the rivers in rain
And gathers the chosen of her seed
From the hunted of every crown and creed.


In one strong race all races here unite.
Tongues meet in hers, hereditary foemen
Forget their sword and slogan, kith and clan.
'Twas glory, once, to be a Roman:
She makes it glory, now, to be a man!


Our ideal for America is summed up in this--that it may
increasingly become the kingdom of God. What do we mean by
"kingdom"? St Paul says "the kingdom is righteousness and peace
and joy" which being interpreted might read, the kingdom--Christ's
rule on earth--will bring to all the Father's children the
opportunity of knowing Him and His saving love expressed through
Jesus Christ; it will mean the transforming of human society so
that ignorance, greed, disease and injustice shall be overthrown;
so that "the bitter cry of the children" shall no longer be
drowned by the whir of the wheels of industry; so that the
sisterhood of women shall be established and that through the
dominance of righteousness men shall cease to invoke war and
strife, and, released from crushing burdens, into life and labor
shall come joy and an increasing sense of spiritual values.

Another source of power is to know the factors that enter into our