The Word
“Read . . . in the Manuscripts of God”

The Word of God in printed phrase
Is read by men in divers ways:
We spell, we doubt, and some forget
That printed type is backward set.

But when the print is hard to read,
By dint of more or less of creed.
The manuscript of God remains
Writ large in waves and fields and lanes.

And there we find the meaning clear;
We lift our eyes—the hills are near;
In rainbow tints, between the lines,
We read it where the Promise shines!