New depths of truth within God's holy Word,
They saw from age to age would be revealed;
As men, to Revelation's light restored,
Pondered the Book by Priestcraft long concealed.
By this the Reformation of the Church they sought,
That pure and perfect it might rise again;
Built on the Corner Stone, that brings to naught
The creeds and systems formed by erring men:
The right to search the Scriptures they maintained,
Each for himself, unbiassed and alone;
Such was the right, which Christ himself proclaimed,
Who would to every soul his truth make known;
That each from human bondage might be free,
And all in one great family agree.