If Peace is thy prompter, and Love is thy guide,
     And white-robed Charity walks by thy side,—­
     If thou tellest the truth without oath to bind,
     Doing thy duty to all mankind,—­
     Raising the lowly, cheering the sad,
     Finding some goodness e’en in the bad,
     And owning with sadness if badness there be,
     There might have been badness in thine and in thee,
     If Conscience the warder that keeps thee whole
     Had uttered no voice to thy slumbering soul,—­
       All God’s angels will say, “Well done!”
       Whenever thy mortal race is run. 
          White and forgiven,
          Thou’lt enter heaven,
       And pass, unchallenged, the Golden Gate,
       Where welcoming spirits watch and wait
       To hail thy coming with sweet accord
       To the Holy City of God the Lord!

     If thou art humble, and wilt not scorn. 
     However wretched, a brother forlorn,—­
     If thy purse is open to misery’s call,
     And the God thou lovest is God of all,
     Whatever their colour, clime or creed,
     Blood of thy blood, in their sorest need,—­
     If every cause that is good and true,
     And needs assistance to dare and do,
     Thou helpest on through good and ill,
     With trust in Heaven, and God’s good will,—­
       All God’s angels will say, “Well done!”
       Whenever thy mortal race is run. 
       White and forgiven, Thou’lt enter heaven,
     And pass, unchallenged, the Golden Gate,
     Where welcoming spirits watch and wait
     To hail thy coming with sweet accord
     To the Holy City of God the Lord!

[Footnote:  By the late Charles Mackay, LL.D., F.S.A.]

The effect of the last eight-line chorus sung by thousands of voices, was marvellous.  Such a spirit of exaltation pervaded the music that the common wooden shed-like building in which these followers of one earnest man asserted their faith in God rather than in a Church, seemed to take upon itself all the architectural beauty of a temple costing millions of money.  When the singing ceased, Aubrey raised his hand, and while his audience yet remained standing, pronounced the blessing.

“God be with you all, my friends!—­in your hearts and lives and daily conduct!  May none of you here present shadow His brightness by one dark deed or thought of evil!  I will ask you to pray that God may be with me too, and with my beloved wife, the future partner of all my work, my joys and sorrows, that we may in our union make our lives useful to you and to all others who seek our help or care.  God’s blessing be upon us all in the name of Christ our Saviour!”

And with one accord the people answered “Amen!”