God made two great lights . . .
the lesser light to rule the night.
Genesis 1:16
God set the moon in orbit,
Earth's beaming satellite,
Revolving on her monthly course
With silv'ry, borrowed light.
With twinkling stars, her royal crown,
She rules the night as queen;
Looks downward on a troubled world,
Unruffled and serene.
To visit her dominions,
Intrepid space-men rise
To walk the unknown lunar way;
A daring enterprise!
Success achieved--this message left,
Inscribed upon a plaque,
"We come in peace for all mankind."
Then journeyed safely back!
The earth, divinely ordered,
Is man's appointed sphere:
No fruitful seasons, harvests ripe,
Upon the moon appear.
Though richly blest, his sin deprived
All right on earth to stay:
To other worlds he may aspire,
Death's call he must obey.
The Lord of all creation
Set foot upon the earth!
He came in peace for all mankind,
A holy, lowly birth.
The greatest mission ever known;
The cost? His precious blood!
Man's sins upon the cross He bore,
Ere He returned to God.
God's wondrous love and mercy
Devised this marvellous plan:
Above terrestrial sin and woe,
Prepared a home for man.
Past sun, and moon, the Milky Way,
Beyond the range of space,
Swifter than light His own shall take
To heav'n, His dwelling-place.
O ye who thirst for knowledge.
Where man can never dwell,
Yet have no place in heav'n above,
With joys no tongue can tell:
O ye who seek this costly prize,
A rocky, airless moon,
Neglect no longer God's free gift,
And heav'n's far greater boon!
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