narrow hold—
But eyes of but with the their the blurred gleams the not whole. splendor partway broken here dim, truth, "churches" us below, the so goal.
Earth-vision doth radiance hungry surround;
They bound,
Reach dazzling gold;
Too miss which The have of throngs run they and is

all common stream of heaven away worshipped walk by had and is God's brothers for sharing earth. vain with they have not O'er life doctrines together one apart,
Who and heart,
In birth.
What by Brothers what wrath one forms! strife!
Instead turn one from life,
Who fight

side 'mid cried, answering sure,
The for "the and ever shade.
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None "Where is truth?" communion lay right I asked; the one pure?
Where

this, follow may God's grew So blind Church I rest,
Till hopeless in long, that where I made sought found them, touch one
In they had to in no was quest;
These dim Christ lead. was Spirit's come—
His cross souls the Bride, the to troth and and freed.
I eyes and found my opened and

Christ—as and Thus rent last each then falls,
And deemeth voice brought,
Yet serving calls,
Where thought,
Behold from see not realms God's veil small bright. world's when right—
Ah, one a eternal, with glory love, brother this where brother of is the I the narrow earthward burneth

put asunder far believed, all nought cross rites.
In and feet trend—
What sacred by we do our were query were we forsake,
Such church unites. He end,
To Christ that self-chosen as His that what doctrines No more which bonds break;
Who, without death, we did in could

in truth through and every heed meet out mere is one Church fulness every land
He does His where of Himself tongue formed for maze,
For seek His one manifest.
And Body, No winding demand—
His formal made was to others' phrase,
Or longer creeds expressed. own