Author: Emily Vernon Clark Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: O God of mercy! hearken now Lyrics: 1 O God of mercy! hearken now:
Before thy throne we humbly bow;
With heart and voice to Thee we cry
For all on earth who suffering lie.
2 We seek Thee where Thou dwell'st on high,
Beyond the glittering, starry sky:
We find Thee where Thou dwell'st below
Beside the beds of want and woe.
3 Be ours the hearts and hands to bless
The sorrowing sons of wretchedness;
Send Thou the help we cannot give;
Bid dying souls arise and live.
4 Oh, let the healing waters spring,
Touched by Thy pitying angel's wing;
With quickening power new strength impart
To palsied will, to withered heart.
5 Where poverty in pain must lie,
Where little suffering children cry,
Bid us haste forth as called by Thee,
And in Thy poor, Thyself to see.
6 Be Thou, O God eternal, blest,
Thy holy Name on earth confest!
Echo Thy praise from every shore
For ever and for evermore.
Amen. Topics: Love to Man; Sympathy Used With Tune: [O God of mercy! hearken now]
O God, of mercy! hearken now
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