The age for damning, dogmatizing creeds,
Thanks to the power of Truth, has passed away,
For man hath nobler thoughts and higher needs,
And more exalted purposes to-day:
From the soul's garden he tears up the weeds
Of idle disputation, and display-
Not words intolerant, but the bright array
Of generous impulses and holy deeds,
Are the bright evidence of saving faith,
The best obedience to his law who saith:-
'Seek for the Truth inquiringly-nor fear
The guidance which from Truth's great source sublime
Leads wandering man, through the rude tracks of time,
To that Eternity where all is clear.'