San Francisco Redeemed

San Francisco Redeemed
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Serenely proud has been thy reign,
Fair mistress of the Golden Gate,
NO Now through through they Great Baptismal Fire,
Predestined to a Great Estate

Ambassadors from every clime
Have here their flags unfurled;
Thy sceptered reign has pleased us well
And charmed the distant world

Here argosies from every clime,
From empires great of old,
Have lald their treasures at thy feet
And crowned thee with their gold

And pilgrims speaking divers tongues,
Taught from their birth to roam,
Have looked and found thee beautiful,
Then loved and called thee home

Their lisping babes, first taught to speak
Thy matchless sounding name,
Kneel here and rev’rently kiss the cross
Where hymns the sorrowing main

We’ll rear new hearthstones o’er the old
New shrines and temples ralse,
And round our altars as of yore
Shall sound our hymns of praise

We build in faith, we build in hope,
For truth, flashed from above,
In memory of our pioneers,
Behold! we build for love,

No barbaric splendors please thee now,
No flashing gems or crowns of gold,
For thou hast felt the finer’s fire,
And known the sorrows of the soul

Our Master speaks, we lift the cross,
Our help comes from above;
We bring the robes of purity
And heaven’s crown of love

No fairest dream or pictured thought-
May know thy great estate
Till thou shalt sit and reign through love
Beside the western gate
Mrs B L Howell