Text Based On Psalms Chapter 119
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy
precepts diligently. I will speak of
thy testimonies also before kings, and
will not be ashamed.

O'er Continent And Ocean

O'er continent and ocean,
From city, field, and wood,
Did speak, O Lord, Thy messengers
Of peace and brotherhood.
In Athens and Benares,
In Rome and Galilee,
They fronted kings and conquerors,
And taught mankind for Thee.

We read, O Lord, those Words,
And hail them as Thine own,
They speak as speak the winds and tides
On planets far and lone.
One God, the Life of Ages,
One rule, Thy laws above,
One realm our wide humanity,
Thy law, the laws of love.

The tribes and nations falter
In rivalries of fear;
The fires of hate to ashes turn,
To dust the sword and spear.
Thy Word alone remaineth;
That Word we speak again;
O'er sea and shore and continent,
To all the sons of men.