Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Blest is the man whose soft'ning heart
Topic: Benevolence
Writer: <no first name given> Barbauld
Composer: Aaron Chapin
Meter: CM
Tune: Chelmsford
Hymn Number: 276
Page Number: 101, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBLEST is the man whose soft'ning heart
Feels all another's pain;
To whom the supplicating eye
Was never rais'd in vain;
Whose breast expands with generous warmth,
A stranger's woes to feel;
And bleeds in pity o'er the wound
He wants the pow'r to heal.
He spreads his kind supporting arms
To every child of grief;
His sacred bounty largely flows,
And brings unask'd relief.
To gentle offices of love
His feet are never slow;
He views, through mercy's melting eye,
A brother in a foe.
Peace from the bosom of his God
The Saviour's grace shall give;
And when he kneels before the throne,
His trembling soul shall live.