The Quotation on the "Cleave the Wood" Card

‘Raise the stone …’ is from the hymn by Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)
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They who tread the path of labour follow where my feet have trod;
They who work without complaining do the holy will of God;
Never more thou needest seek Me;
I am with thee everywhere;
Raise the stone and thou shalt find me; cleave the wood and I am there.

Where the many toil together, there I am among my own;
Where the tired workman sleepeth, there I am with him alone;
I, the peace that passeth knowledge,
Dwell amid the daily strife;
I, the bread of heaven, am broken in the sacrament of life.

Every task however simple, sets the soul that does it free;
Every deed of love and mercy done to man is done to Me.
Never more thou needest seek Me;
I am with thee everywhere;
Raise the stone and thou shalt find me; cleave the wood and I am there.

The similar quotation ‘Lift up the stone and there shalt thou find me; cleave the wood and I am there.’ is anonymous, from the Oxyrhyncus Papyri, edited by B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt 1897, Sayings of our Lord, Logion 5 1:23. This may be the basis of Van Dyke’s hymn.