Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Father of mercies send thy grace
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 263
Page Number: 248, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFather of mercies send thy grace
All powerful from above,
To form, in our obedient souls,
The image of thy love.
O may our sympathising breasts,
That generous pleasure know;
Kindly to share in others joy,
And weep for others wo.
When the most helpless sons of grief,
In low distress are laid,
Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,
And swift our hands to aid.
So Jesus look'd on dying man,
When thron'd above the skies;
And 'midst the embraces of his God,
He felt compassion rise.
On wings of love the Saviour flew
To raise us from the ground;
And shed the richest of his blood,
A balm for every wound.