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Brave was that word of faith and bravely was it kept: With never-wearying zeal that faltered not, nor slept, Our Alma Mater toiled, and while she firmly laid The deep foundation-walls, at all her toil she prayed. And men who loved the truth because it made them free, And clearly saw the twofold Word of God agree, Reading from Nature's book and from the Bible's page By the same inward ray that grows from age to age, Were built like living stones that beacon to uplift, And drawing light from heaven gave to the world the gift. Nor ever, while they searched the secrets of the earth, Or traced the stream of life through mystery to its birth, Nor ever, while they taught the lightning-flash to bear The messages of man in silence through the air, Fell from their home of light one false, perfidious ray To blind the trusting heart, or lead the life astray. But still, while knowledge grew more luminous and broad It lit the path of faith and showed the way to God.