Spirit Of A Great Control

Spirit of a Great Control,          Gird me with thy strength and might,     Essence of the Over-Soul -          Fill me, thrill me with thy light;     Though the waves of sorrow beat          Madly at my very feet,     Though the night and storm are near,          Teach me that I need not fear.     Though the clouds obscure the sky,          When the tempest sweeps the lands,     Still about, below, on high,          God's great solar system stands.     Never yet a star went out.          What have I to fear or doubt? -     I, a part of this great whole,          Governed by the Over-Soul.     Like the great eternal hills,          Like the rock that fronts the wave,     Let me meet all earthly ills          With a fearless heart and brave;     Like the earth that drinks the rain,          Let me welcome floods of pain,     Till I grow in strength to be          Worthy of my source in Thee.