E'en so I love Thee, and will
love, and in Thy praise will sing;
Solely because Thou art my God
And my eternal King.
The Need of the Sacred Heart
Other sheep I have; them also I must bring, (St. John X. 16)
ALL you who fain what you possess
To others would impart,
Oh! listen to those words of fire
Breathed forth from Jesus' Heart.
"And other sheep I have," He says,
"And they too I must bring.
That there may be one only Fold,
One Kingdom and one King."
To bring them back He little heeds
What tears and blood He spent —
As though without those "other sheep "
He could not be content.
Count not the cost, ye chosen ones,
At which souls must be bought;
Cost what it may, to Jesus' Heart
Those "others" must be brought.
With all we love, and life itself,
Oh! what a joy to part!
To satisfy the burning thirst
Of Jesus' sacred Heart.
— From The Voice of the Sacred Heart.
