Volume 4 — "THOUGH NONE THY NAME SHOULD CHERISH" [34]

"THOUGH NONE THY NAME SHOULD CHERISH" [34]

Though none Thy Name should cherish, My faith shall be the same, Lest gratitude should perish And earth be brought to shame. With meekness Thou did'st suffer The pangs of death for me, With joy then I would offer This heart for aye to Thee.

[Illustration: #THE QUEEN OF NIGHT# From the painting by Moritz von Schwind]

I weep with strong emotion That death has been Thy lot, And yet that Thy devotion Thy people have forgot. The blessings of salvation Thy perfect love has won, Yet who in any nation Regards what Thou hast done 3

With love Thou hast protected Each man his whole life through; Though all Thy care rejected, No less would'st Thou be true. Such love as Thine must vanquish The proudest soul at last, 'Twill turn to Thee in anguish And to Thy knees cling fast.

Thine influence hath bound me; Oh, if it be Thy will, Be evermore around me, Be present with me still! At length too shall the others Look up and long for rest, And all my loving brothers Shall sink upon Thy breast.