God Eternal! br Whose beginning knows no starting br And whose end knows no beginning br Whose kingdom is from everlasting to everlasting br Whose foundation is truth br And whose dominion is exercised in love, br -Unconditional love! - br Speak and reveal thyself to this mortal soul. br br If your voice is silence br Let me hear it. br If your whisper is in the wind br Let it not blow pass me. br If thunder is thy utterance br Let me find peace with it br And if your cry is in the spirit of your word br Let it possess me. br br Set your image before me br In dazzling paintings of lightning br And may I trace your fingerprints br In the simple complexities of nature. br In this preparatory school of life br Self is my greatest obstacle, br Humankind my greatest challenge, br Evil my greatest enemy. br br Grant me victory over them all.