NOW, LORD, UPON THY SEA OF AIR

Now, Lord, upon Thy sea of air
We trust the strength of new-found wings,
And seem toward nothingness to dare,
Adrift from dear and anchored thingd.

Grant us we pray, who thus explore
This latest world Thy will has given,
To learn the lanes of spirit more
And seek where we before have striven.

Grant them who watch the gleam of wings
Vanish beyond the sight of men
To touch unseen, eternal things
By love that leads beyond their ken.

So having in each heart Thy word,
Through trackless night, through trackless
day,
We know as surely as the bird
The safety of the unseen way;

Till we unerring move at length
On earth and air, by day or night,
As spirits go, from strength to strength,
To join the one Unhindered Flight.