Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) ‎#53

53. The golden rule she has pursued

1 The golden rule she has pursued,
and did to others as she would others should do to her:
justice composed her upright soul,
justice did all her thoughts control, and formed her character.

2 Affliction, poverty, disease,
drew out her soul in soft distress, the wretched to relieve:
in all the works of love employed,
her sympathizing soul enjoyed the blessedness to give.

3 Her Savior in his members seen,
a stranger she received him in, an hungry Jesus fed,
tended her sick, imprisoned Lord,
and flew in all his wants to afford her ministerial aid.

4 A nursing mother to the poor,
for them she husbanded her store, her life, her all, bestowed;
for them she labored day and night,
in doing good her whole delight, in copying after God.

5 Away, my tears and selfish sighs!
The happy saint in paradise requires us not to mourn;
but rather keep her life in view,
and still her shining steps pursue, till all to God return.

Text Information

• First Line: The golden rule she has pursued
• Title: The golden rule she has pursued
• Author: Charles Wesley (1757)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Topic: Discipleship; Justice; Ministry with the poor; Service
• Copyright: © 1996 General Board of Global Ministries
• Notes: Public domain; Written March 21, 1957 in memory of Mary Naylor

Tune Information

• Name: CORNWALL
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley (1872)
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: © 1996 General Board of Global Ministries
• Notes: Public Domain