Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: O what stupendous mercy shines
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 261
Page Number: 247, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO what stupendous mercy shines
Around the majesty of heaven!
Rebels he deigns to call his sons,
Their souls renew'd, their sins forgiven,
Go, imitate the grace divine,
The grace that blazes like a sun;
Hold forth your fair, tho' feeble light,
Thro' all your lives let mercy run:
Upon your bounty's willing wings
Swift let the great salvation fly;
The hungry feed, the naked clothe,
To pain and sickness help apply.
Pity the weeping widow's wo,
And be her counsellor and stay;
Adopt the fatherless, and smooth
To useful, happy life his way.
Let age with want and weakness bow'd,
Your bowels of compassion move,
Let e'en your enemies be bless'd;
Their hatred recompensed with love.
When all is done renounce your deeds,
Renounce self-righteousness with scorn;
Thus will you glorify your God,
And thus the christian name adorn.