Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient and modern 994. If human kindness meets return

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Laudes Domini‎#994

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Text:

"Greater love hath no man

1 If human kindness meets return,
And owns the grateful tie:
If tender thoughts within us burn,
To feel a friend is nigh;--

2 Oh, shall not warmer accents tell
The gratitude we owe
To him, who died our fears to quell--
Who bore our guilt and woe!

3 While yet in anguish he surveyed
Those pangs he would not flee,
What love his latest words displayed,--
"Meet and remember me!"

4 Remember thee--thy death, thy shame,
Our sinful hearts to share!--
O memory! leave no other name
But his recorded there.

Text Information
First Line:	If human kindness meets return
Title:	"Greater love hath no man
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1884
Topic:	Church: Ordinances of; Communion of Saints: At Lord's Table; Lord's Supper; Ordinances (1 more...)
Notes:	Public Domain