The Creed Of An American

In God our Father, and in all men’s Sonship; In Brother-love and breaking down of barriers; In Law that is the just will of the People Shaped, and still shaping, to the People’s need; In equal Freedom and in equal Service, Duties and Rights: in all these I believe.

In these great States bound in a greater Union, Many in One, the framework of the Fathers, Nobly devised, a forecast of the future When all the Nations gather in God’s fold; The great Experiment, the high Adventure, The captain Hope: in all this I believe.

In this bright Flag of Liberty and Union: Its red, the symbol of the blood of brothers That flows through men of every race and nation; Its white, the symbol of the peace between them That shall be when God’s Will has wrought as leaven; Its stars, the symbol of many Powers that move Clustering together without clash or conflict, In the deep blue of the vast, tender sky That is the all-enfolding mantle of God-- With my whole soul in all these I believe. That I in peace must show my true allegiance To this bright Flag, this constellated Union, By square-done work and clean unselfish living; That I in war must show my true allegiance-- While war shall linger in this world to threaten Such Sanctities as these--even by my dying: In all this I believe. Amen. Amen.