That He remembers all the weight of wo

Which once opprest Him and the lonely way

Through which His tired feet journeyed day by day,

The pain He bore, the weariness and strife,

The toil and care of His own human life.

He is as near to human hearts to-day

As when He journeyed on the earthly way;

So near that all our wants are known to Him,

So near that, tho our faith, grown cold and dim,

Fails oftentimes to grasp the truth, He knows