Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
IV. Comfort and CheerGods Sure Help in Sorrow
Anton Ulrich (16331714)L
Forsaken one, and stay thy tears;
For the Highest knows thy pain,
Sees thy sufferings and thy fears;
Thou shalt not wait his help in vain;
Leave all to God!
For his strokes are strokes of love,
Thou must for thy profit bear;
He thy filial fear would move,
Trust thy Father’s loving care,
Be still and trust!
Though thou think him far away,
Though his mercy long have slept,
He will come and not delay,
When his child enough hath wept,
For God is near!
When and how to hear thy prayers;
Never doth our God forget;
He the cross who longest bears
Finds his sorrows’ bounds are set;
Then teach him not!
Walking truly in his ways,
Then no trouble, cross, or death
E’er shall silence faith and praise;
All things serve thee here beneath,
If thou love God.