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Blest is the man whose softening heart
Feels all another's pain;
To whom the supplicating eye
Is never raised in vain:
Whose breast responds with generous warmth,
A stranger's woe to feel;
Who weeps in pity o'er the wound
He wants the power to heal.
He spreads his kind supporting arms
To every child of grief:
His secret bounty largely flows,
And brings unasked relief.
To gentle offices of love
His feet are never slow;
He views, through mercy's melting eye,
A brother in a foe.
To him protection shall be shown;
And mercy, from above,
Descend on those who thus fulfil
The Christian law of lore.
He, from the bosom of his God,
Shall present peace receive —
And when he kneels before the throne,
His trembling soul shall live.
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Whose breast expands with generous warmth,
A stranger's woe to feel;
Who weeps in pity o'er the wound
He wants the power to heal.
He bears the Saviour's cheering word,
“My peace to him I give;”
And when he kneels before the throne,
His trembling soul shall live.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1826 | # 115 | | 1866 | # 875 |
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LONDON NEW
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1671,1968
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Key
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| # 335 | D | | # 42 | D | | # 218 | D | | # 65 | D | | # 335 | D | | # 258 | Eb | | # 224 | Eb | | # 373 | Eb |
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) |
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