Author: Kristian Ostergaard, 1855-1931; Jens C. Aaberg, 1877-1970 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6513 Meter: 9.9.10.10 Lyrics: 1. That cause can never be lost nor stayed
Which takes the course of what God has made;
And is not trusting in walls and towers,
But slowly growing from seeds to flowers.
2. Each noble service that men have wrought
Was first conceived as a fruitful thought;
Each worthy cause with a future glorious
By quietly growing becomes victorious.
3. Thereby itself like a tree it shows:
That high it reaches, as deep it grows;
And when the storms are its branches shaking,
It deeper root in the soil is taking.
4. Be then no more by a storm dismayed,
For by it the full grown seeds are laid;
And though the tree by its might it shatters,
What then, if thousands of seeds it scatters? Languages: English Tune Title: OSTERGAARD
That Cause Can Never Be Lost Nor Stayed