Love's Cosmopolitan

Apostle, citizen, and artisan!
About thy vast cathedral, through the street
Is hurrying tramp of multitudinous feet;
But far within, for many a homeless man
Thy shrine is home, where, for a passing span,
Cool silence stills the heart's tumultuous beat:
Before the altar he may rest and eat
Who has not broken bread since day began.

Thou who didst glory in the uplifted cross
Whereby ascended Love, self-sacrificed,
Draws all men near, and heart to heart a few,
Thou who didst count the world for love but loss,
Hail, chosen servant of the risen Christ,
Ambassador of God, great-hearted Jew!