The Same.
1 How blest, amid all blessing
This changing world bestows,
That soul in truth possessing
Pity for others' woes;
Ready to move and lighten
The load affliction bears--
Want's face with joy to brighten,
In deed, as with its prayers.
2 Thus Christ, the Friend and Servant
Of man, depressed and poor--
With ready soul and fervent--
With patience to endure--
Lived, labored without measure
In mercy's holy name,
God's will his highest pleasure,
Our good his only fame.
3 And those who in his spirit
Would seek to live and move,
His virtue must inherit,
And labor in his love;
Labor where poor, forsaken,
And lowly, sufferers lie;
In faith and hope unshaken;
Celestial ministry!
4 God of all times and stations!
Teach us this lesson true,--
Proclaim it to all nations
In life and power anew,--
That high above all praises--
All prayers--is that unfeigned,
Glad offering Mercy raises,
By living deeds sustained!