| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Young Rabbi | | By E. C. L. Browne |
| | | THOU lookest backward reverently. ’Tis well! | |
| The springs of life and faith are still our shrines, | |
| And, standing strong in living deed, the spell | |
| Of this day’s call thy listening heart divines. | |
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| The to-morrow’s light is on thy brow, thy step | 5 |
| Leans forward where the quickening Word abides; | |
| Thy past a pledge that yet that Mystic Roll | |
| A fuller, holier revelation hides. | |
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| Young heritor of ancient faith, thou guide | |
| Of present need, and seer of faith to be! | 10 |
| The august centuries converge on thee— | |
| One living God behind, before, beside. | |
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| The same Eternal keeps the open door; | |
| Stand forth with Him and sing to-day’s Mismor! | | | | |
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