Református ujság - Fraternity-Testvériség, 1940 (18. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1940-12-01 / 12. szám

TESTVÉRISÉG

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We honour — aye, we reverence one In whom so brightly shine The virtues which made Washington Appear almost divine.

And oh, we pray that God may shed His choicest gifts on thee,

And guide thee on in thy career Till Hungary shall be free.

Malvina A. Wily (Pupil of the Normal School) From “Youth’s Welcome to Kossuth” Philadelphia, 1852.

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A WELCOME TO KOSSUTH

Kossuth! we bid thee welcome to our land —

The soil where Freedom hath long time upraised Her bright and glorious standard; and where now She ealleth the oppressed of every clime,

Bidding them come and seek protection sure Beneath its massy folds.

Oh Freedom! thou indeed should’st be The mighty ruler of the world;

Thy flag should float on every sea,

O’er every land should be unfurled.

Thine eyes of light should beam on all,

Of every clime and every tongue;

Their heavenly radiance should fall

On black and white, on old and young.

Oh Freedom! wilt thou e’er subdue The tyrants who usurp thy right?

Can’st thou inspire thy chosen few,

And fill them with o’erpowering might?

Thou answerest “Yes! my cause is just,

My guides are heavenly Truth and Love;

In the bless’d God of heaven I trust,

He will deliver from above.”

Kossuth, heard’st thou fair Freedom’s firm reply?

Did’st look upon her cheering guides, and whence She gathers strength to face the furious war Waged by fierce, despotic foes? Did’st see The source of her unfaltering trust and faith?

Illustrious Kossuth, follow in her steps.

May her guides e’er be thine; and may thy trust Be firm as hers in the Almighty One,

Who ruleth heaven and earth, and moveth all Harmonious to his will.

Then, Kossuth, thou indeed shalt joyful speed Upon thy holy mission. Thou no more Shalt dread tiie power of Europe’s haughty kings And despot cmp’rors: thou shalt set at naught