Lord God of test tube and blueprint,

Who jointed molecules of dust and shook them till their name was Adam,

Who taught worms and stars how they could live together,

Appear now among the parliaments of conquerors and give instruction to their schemes:

Measure out new liberties so none shall suffer for his father’s color or the credo of his choice:

Post proofs that brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those who profit by postponing it pretend:

Sit at the treaty table and convoy the hopes of little peoples through expected straits,

And press into the final seal a sign that peace will come for longer than posterities can see head,

That man unto his fellow man shall be a friend forever.

“On A Note Of Triumph” broadcast May 8 and again May13, 1945 on CBS