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Text:"So Jesus Looked"
Author:Philip Doddridge
Tune:REMSEN
Composer:J. P. Holbrook

466. "So Jesus Looked"

1 Father of mercies! send thy grace,
All powerful from above,
To form in our obedient souls
The image of thy love.

2 Oh, may our sympathizing breasts
The generous pleasure know,
Kindly to share in others' joy,
And weep for others' woe!

3 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.

4 So Jesus looked on dying men,
When throned above the skies;
And 'mid the embraces of his God,
He felt compassion rise.

5 On wings of love the Saviour flew,
To raise us from the ground,
And made the richest of his blood
A balm for every wound.

Text Information
First Line: Father of mercies! send thy grace
Title: "So Jesus Looked"
Author: Philip Doddridge
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Christian Experience; Activity; Christians: Duties (4 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: REMSEN
Composer: J. P. Holbrook
Meter: C. M.
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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