Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Blest Redeemer how divine
Topic: The Golden Rule
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 174
Page Number: 156, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBlest Redeemer, how divine,
How righteous is this rule of thine:
Never to deal with others worse,
Than we would have them deal with us.
This golden lesson, short and plain,
Gives not the mind nor mem'ry pain;
And every conscience must approve
This universal law of love.
'Tis written in each mortal breast,
Where all our tend'rest wishes rest;
We draw it from our inmost veins,
Where love to self resides and reigns.
Is reason ever at a loss,
Call in self-love to judge the cause;
Let our fondest passions shew
How we should treat our neighbour too.
How blest would every nation prove,
Thus rul'd by equity and love;
All would be friends, without a foe,
And form a paradise below.
Lord Jesus, may we never keep
Thy sacred law of love asleep;
Nor take our envy, wrath and pride,
Those savage passions, for a guide.