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                 Poems by Mary Baker Eddy                  39

  	   DEDICATION OF A TEMPERANCE
  	                           HALL 

 1	    AUTHOR of all divine
  	      Gifts, lofty, pure, and free,
 3	    Temperance and truth in song
  	        sublime
  	      An offering bring to Thee! 

 6	    A temple, whose high dome
  	      Rose from a water-cup;
  	    And from its altar to Thy throne
 9	      May we press on and up! 

  	    And she — last at the cross,
  	      First at the tomb, who waits — 
12	    Woman — will watch to cleanse from dross
  	      The cause she elevates. 

  	    Sons of the old Bay State,
15	      Work for our glorious cause! 
  	    And be your waiting hearts elate,
  	      Since temperance makes your laws. 

18	    "Temples of Honor," all,
  	      "Social," or grand, or great,
  	    This blazoned, brilliant temperance hall
21	      To Thee we dedicate. 
 
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 1	    "Good Templars" one and all,
  	      Good "Sons," and daughters, too,
 3	    We dedicate this temperance hall
  	      To God, to Truth, and you! 

  	      Lynn, Mass., August 4, 1866.