University of Virginia Library

1325.

[Preserver of mankind]

Whosoever will lose his life for My sake, &c. —ix. 24.

Preserver of mankind,
The mystery explain,
Instruct my heart the way to find,
The truth of life to gain;
And when I rightly know
The sweetness of Thy love,
I come, by losing it below
To save my life above.