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ALCHEMY OF PRAYER, by                    
First Line: In vain the alchemists have sought to learn
Last Line: The all-transcendent alchemy of prayer.
Subject(s): Prayer


In vain the alchemists have sought to learn
The nature of a stone that can transmute
All baser metals into gold and turn
Their atoms' course -- a godly attribute.
In ages hence humanity will yearn
To find this subtle agent and salute
The world as lords of mastodon and fern,
Surcharged with power that is absolute.

Far more effective than the ancient stone
There is an alchemy that never fails
To change the baser passions which we share
Into the gold of faith, and thus atone
For every sin the heart of man bewails:
The all-transcendent alchemy of prayer.





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