T HE Order began when, the shepherds first heard The convoy of angels repeat the glad word, “The Messiah is here!” And ratified later when they who were wise Were watching a!nd waiting to see the Star rise, Whose leading the mighty Redeemer re vealed— The Teacher, who spake and Life’s foun tain unsealed, Bade hope vanquish fear.
TRUE ORDER of the STAR in the
By M. CARRIE MOORE
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B UT do you belong, and do you be lieve ?” Asked the minister of me, and now I per ceive, And the counter-sign hold; I go where I will on land or on sea, A child of the Order, none challenges me; I journey from Bethlehem, far, far away, Past Calvary’s mountain and past where He lay
IA/TOTHER told me the story long, long p -*■ago, As I sat by her side in the mystical glow Of the prophesied Star; She said I milst ever be loyal and true To Star and to Order, and onward pursue The path the Commander has blazed on His chart, • So plain that though demons exhaust every art,
They conceal not, nor mar.
Whom the traitor once sold.
/""\H yes, I believe, and oh, yes, I be long, ' I’ll tell of the Order in story and song. It’s the same Moses knew; And Abrpham joined it, and Jacob was there; And long before these, good old Enoch did share The vision Faith wrought of the Life-giv ing One— The Star, and the Virgin; and God’s only Son, Our Redeemer, who drew and who draws and makes whole, Every penitent soul. T_TE is gone from our sight—we see Him no more— He dwells in each heart that opens the door; He is coming in glory, His WORD to main tain ; To be despised? No! He whom I sing, HE IS THE KING! Los Angeles, Cal.
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