The noble hall our fathers planned,
Where gathered were the rich and rare;
From every clime, and every land,
And long preserved with faithful care;

To Science now we dedicate,
That doth all Nature's realms explore;
New ways through continents create,
And cables stretch from shore to shore.

And higher still, on soaring wing,
The great Creative Thought would find;
And study, in each living thing,
The end for which it was designed.

That it may serve the lot of man,
And to the race a blessing prove;
Unfold the universal plan
Of God's beneficence, and love.

Honor to him, who, far and wide,
For these high ends his wealth bestows;
Which, like some mighty river's tide,
Through all our land exhaustless flows.