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diating in unquenchable effulgence from the farthest extremities of space, enduring from all eternity and yet perennially unfolding the wonderful pageantry of time and incident, Thou art All-in-all, alike transcending and pervading, at once self-contained and immanent, our All-perfect Lord. Praise and glory unto Thee!
Thou the Supreme One, the Loving One, the Adorable One, what words can give fitting expression to our surging feelings on this, day? Thou, ever-beloved God of all mankind, merciful, irrepressibly eager for our weal-even for us sinners-the supreme, majestic Ruler of us all, Monarch of all monarchs, the unrivalled Emperor to whose, sceptre all mortal heads, however exalted, bow and submit in reverence! And yet Thou carest for us; Thou wouldst not give us up; even this vile worm is precious unto Thee! Thou, in Thy glorious triumphs of love, descendest into depths, into lowly, receding, engulfing depths, which baffle, human comprehension. Thou art not merely the towering God but also the deep-
