---
title: 'Texas: A Democratic Ode'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1915-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Literature'
- 'Education'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 19'
- 'Psalms 46'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1915-texas-a-democratic-ode
---

# Texas: A Democratic Ode

Henry Van Dyke's "Texas: A Democratic Ode" celebrates Texas pioneers, the Lone Star's heroism, civic unity after civil war, and the call to education, arts and national faith.

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