The soul strives to reach God with the passionate cry:
"Ich bin von Gott und will wieder zu Gott."[195]
Then there is a symphonic episode (Der Rufer in der Wüste), and we hear "the voice of one crying in the wilderness" in fierce and anguished tones. There is an apocalyptic finale where the choir sing Klopstock's beautiful ode on the promise of the Resurrection:
"Aufersteh'n, ja, aufersteh'n wirst du, mein Staub, nach
kurzer Ruh!"[196]
The law is proclaimed with:
"Was entstanden ist, dass mus vergehen,
Was vergangen, auferstehen!"[197]
And all the orchestra, the choirs, and the organ, join in the hymn of Eternal Life.
In the Third Symphony, known as Ein Sommermorgentraum ("A Summer Morning's Dream"), the first and the last parts are for the orchestra alone; the fourth part contains some of the best of Mahler's music, and is an admirable setting of Nietzsche's words:
"O Mensch! O Mensch! Gib Acht! gib Acht!
Was spricht die tiefe Mitternacht?"[198]
The fifth part is a gay and stirring chorus founded on a popular legend.