The winter�s sleep was long and deep,
But earth is awakened and gay;
For the life ne�er dies that from God doth rise,
And the green comes after the grey.

So God doth bring the world to spring;
And on this holy day
Doth the Church proclaim her Apostles� fame,
To welcome the first of May.

Two saints of God went by the road
That leadeth on to light;
And they gave up all at their Master�s call,
To work in their Master�s sight.

Would Philip�s mind the Father find?
Lo, he hath found the Way;
For to know the Son is to know the One
Whom the earth and the heavens obey.

And James, �twas thine by grace divine
To preach the Christian life,
Where our faith is shown by our works alone,
And love overcometh strife.

Lord, grant that we may brethren be�
As Christians live in deed;
For it is but so we can learn to know
The truth that to Thee doth lead.