Laudes Domini ‎#351

351. For our example

1 What grace, O Lord, and beauty shone
Around thy steps below;
What patient love was seen in all
Thy life and death of woe.

2 For, ever on thy burdened heart
A weight of sorrow hung;
Yet no ungentle, murmuring word
Escaped thy silent tongue.

3 Thy foes might hate, despise, revile,
Thy friends unfaithful prove;
Unwearied in forgiveness still,
Thy heart could only love.

4 Oh, give us hearts to love like thee!
Like thee, O Lord, to grieve
Far more for others’ sins, than all
The wrongs that we receive.

5 One with thyself, may every eye,
In us, thy brethren, see
The gentleness and grace that spring
From union, Lord! with thee.

Text Information

• First Line: What grace, O Lord, and beauty shone
• Title: For our example
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Charitableness; Christ: Character of; Christ: Example of; Christ: Humanity of; Christ: Life on earth; Conformity to Christ; Example: of Christians; Forgiveness: Of Injuries; Gentleness: Of Christians; Peacemakers; Sympathy
• Notes: Public Domain

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