28 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



To-day, in God's predestination, 

 By succour brought in time of need, 



Thou art the blaf-weard of our nation, 

 A brother and a friend Jndeed. 



Be welcome, sympathizing brother! 



And welcome be thy noble band, 

 Who wrought with one accord together 



To forward help by sea and land! 



The deed forbodes that blessed morning 

 When wars and enmity shall cease, 



And when all nations are adorning 



The throne of Christ, the Prince of Peace. 



From Bering Strait to Louisiana 



Our heart is on thy welfare set : 

 Missouri, Conemaugh, Indiana 



A Russian never shall forget. 



And while the Tynehead we are meeting 

 With cargo brought by woman's care, 



Iowa's daughters we are greeting, 

 Whose thought our hearts enshrined will bear. 



To us thy sympathy is dearer 



Than gold, or silver richly spread, 



Stretch out thy hand ! We must draw nearer, 

 One path of equity to tread. 



Thy welfare as our own esteeming, 

 What know we of our coming fate? 



