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T H E WOR L D | 27 For Us If we have not learned that God’s in man, And man in God again; That to love thy God is to love thy brother, And to serve the Lord is to serve each other,— Then Christ was born in vain! If we have not learned that one man’s life In all men lives again; That each man’s battle, fought alone, Is won or lost for every one,— Then Christ hath lived in vain! If we have no learned that death’s no break In life’s unceasing chain; That the work in one life well begun In others is finished, by others is done,— Then Christ hath died in vain! If we have not learned of immortal life, And a future free from pain; The kingdom of God in the heart of man, And the living world on Heaven’s plan,— Then Christ arose in vain! Thanksgiving Well is it for the land whose people, yearly, Turn to the Giver of all Good with praise, Chanting glad hymns that thank him, loudly, clearly, Rejoicing in the beauty of his ways. Great name that means all perfectness and power! We thank thee—not for mercy, nor release, But for clear joy in sky and sea and flower, In thy pure justice, and thy blessed peace. We live; behind us the dark past; before, A wide way full of light that thou dost give; More light, more strength, more joy and ever more— O God of joy! we thank thee that we live! Christmas Hymn Listen not to the word that would have you believe That the voice of the age is a moan; That the red hand of wrong Is triumphant and strong, And that wrong is triumphant alone; ...

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