Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Blessed Redeemer how divine
Topic: The Golden Rule
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 128
Page Number: 129, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBlessed 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 memory pain;
And every conscience must approve
This universal law of love.
'Tis written in each mortal breast,
Where all our tenderest 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 own fondest passions show,
How we should treat our neighbor too.
How blest would every nation prove,
Thus ruled by equity and love;
All would be friends, without a foe,
And form a paradise below.