Schaff - History of the Christian Church Vol. 8 - Media Sabda Org

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The Catholics returned to their homes discontented. The Zürichers had
reason to be thankful; still more the Berners, who had triumphed with their
policy of moderation.
Zwingli wavered between hopes and fears for the future, but his trust was
in God. He wrote (June 30) to Conrad Som, minister at Ulm: “We have
brought peace with us, which for us, I hope, is quite honorable; for we did
not go forth to shed blood. f266 We have sent back our foes with a wet
blanket. Their compact with Austria was cut to pieces before mine eyes in
the camp by the Landammann of Glarus, June 26, at 11 A. M. ... God has
shown again to the mighty ones that they cannot prevail against him, and
that we may gain victory without a stroke if we hold to him.” f267
He gave vent to his conflicting feelings in a poem which he composed in
the camp (during the peace negotiations), together with the music, and
which became almost as popular in Switzerland as Luther’s
contemporaneous, but more powerful and more famous “Ein feste Burg,”
is to this day in Germany. It breathes the same spirit of trust in God. f268
“Do thou direct thy chariot,Lord,
And guide it at thy will;
Without thy aid our strength is vain,
And useless all our skill.
Look down upon thy saints brought low,
And grant them victory o’er the foe.
“Beloved Pastor, who hast saved
Our souls from death and sin,
Uplift thy voice, awake thy sheep
That slumbering lie within
Thy fold, and curb with thy right hand
The rage of Satan’s furious band.
“Send down thy peace, and banish strife,
Let bitterness depart;
Revive the spirit of the past
In every Switzer’s heart:
Then shalt thy church forever sing
The praises of her heavenly King.” f269