HELP, LORD, THE SOULS THAT THOU HAST MADE

Help, Lord, the souls that thou hast made,\nThe souls to thee so dear,\nIn prison for the debt unpaid\nOf sin committed here.\n2. These holy souls, they suffer on,\nResign’d in heart and will,\nUntil thy high behest is done,\nAnd justice has its fill.\n3. For daily falls, for pardon’d crime,\nThey joy to undergo\nThe shadow of thy cross sublime,\nThe remnant of thy woe.\n4. Oh, by their patience of delay,\nTheir hope amid their pain,\nTheir sacred zeal to burn away\nDisfigurement and stain.\n5. Oh, by their fire of love, not less\nIn keenness than the flame;\nOh, by their very helplessness,\nOh, by thy own great Name.\n6. Good Jesu, help! Sweet Jesu, aid\nThe souls to thee most dear,\nIn prison for the debt unpaid\nOf sins committed here.