ildhood from pious parents and a consecrated pastor, the sainted
John Bading, who both baptized and confirmed her. Her father died in
1910.

"He was a very pious Lutheran," she writes, "and so is mother. They often
spoke of afternoon prayer meetings they attended in Germany."

Some of her hymns not already mentioned are, "By nature deaf to things
divine," "Heavenly Sower, Thou hast scattered," "How blest are they who
through the power," "Lord Jesus Christ, the children's Friend," "O dear
Redeemer, crucified," "O precious Saviour, heal and bless," "O'er
Jerusalem Thou weepest," "Precious Child, so sweetly sleeping," "Repent,
the Kingdom draweth nigh," "The Sower goeth forth to sow," "Thou camest
down from heaven on high," "Thou hast indeed made manifest," "Thou Lord
of life and death," "Thou virgin-born incarnate Word," "O Lord, my God,
Thy holy law," "Jesus, Thine unbounded love," "He did not die in vain,"
"I open wide the portals of my heart," "Rise, my soul, to watch and
pray," "O joyful message, sent from heaven," "O Thou who once in
Galilee," and "Thou goest to Jerusalem." She is the translator of "O
precious thought! some day the mist shall vanish," a hymn from the
Swedish, as well as some eighty gems from German hymnody. Thirty-two of
her German translations appeared in "The Selah Song Book," edited by
Adolf T. Hanser in 1922.

Many of Miss Hoppe's hymns have been written on the pericopes of the
Church Year. She has consistently refused to have her hymns copyrighted,
believing that no hindrance should be put in the way of any one who
desires to use them.

Up to 1930 nearly 400 hymns had appeared from Miss Hoppe's pen. Her
ambition is to write a thousand original Christian lyrics.

A Song of Victory

Rise, ye children of salvation,
All who cleave to Christ, the Head!
Wake, arise, O mighty nation,
Ere the foe on Zion tread:
He draws nigh, and would defy
All the hosts of God Most High.

Saints and heroes, long before us,
Firmly on this ground have stood;
See their banner waving o'er us,
Conquerors through the Saviour's blood!
Ground we hold whereon of old
Fought the faithful and the bold.

Fighting, we shall be victorious
By the blood of Christ our Lord;
On our foreheads, bright and glorious,
Shines the witness of His Word;
Spear and shield on battlefield,
His great Name; we cannot yi