BEYOND WHAT MIND CAN MEASURE

Beyond what mind can measure
   or human heart disclose,
in Christ there lies the treasure
   that only wisdom knows.
His word of life discerning,
   we stand on holy ground;
where, written for our learning,
   eternal truth is found.

A world of warring nations
   denies what God has willed:
for Christless generations
   their dreams are unfulfilled.
In learning, Lord, and teaching,
   may we our powers assign
to meet the minds outreaching
   in quest of life divine.

To hearts whose hope is sinking,
   to spirits bleak and bare,
to thought itself, where thinking
   is meaningless despair,
reveal again your glory,
   O God of grace and power,
and help us tell your story
   in ways to match the hour.

May he who died to save us
   renew the love we claim,
to spend the gifts he gave us
   in service of his Name;
till truth at last prevailing,
   in Christ the nations find
the Light and Life unfailing
   of every heart and mind.