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Great God! whilst I thy love admire

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #345 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Great God! whilst I thy love admire, Grant me to catch the sacred fire: Thus shall my heav'nly birth be known, And as thy child thou wilt me own. 2 Father, I see thy sun arise, To cheer thy friends and enemies; And when from heav'n thy rain descends, Thy bounty both alike befriends. 3 Enlarge my soul with love like thine; My mortal pow'rs by grace refine: So shall I feel another's woe, And freely feed a hungry foe. 4 I hope for pardon, through thy Son, For all the crimes which I have done: Then may the grace, that pardons me, Constrain me to forgive like thee. Languages: English

Behold, where, breathing love

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #346 (1814) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Behold, where, breathing love, Our dying Master stands! His weeping follow'rs, gath'ring round, Receive his last commands. 2 From that mild Saviour's lips What tender accents fell! The gentle precept, which he gave, Became its author well. 3 Blest is the man, whose heart Feels all another's pain; To whom the supplicating eye Was never rais'd in vain; 4 Whose breast expands with warmth, A stranger's woe to feel, And bleeds in pity o'er the wound He wants the pow'r to heal. 5 To offices of love His feet are never slow; He views through mercy's melting eye A brother in a foe. 6 Peace from his Father God, My peace to him I give; And, when he kneels before the throne, His trembling soul shall live. 7 To him shall grace be shewn; And mercy from above Descend on those, who thus fulfill The perfect law of love. Languages: English

Daughters of pity, tune the lay

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #347 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Daughters of pity, tune the lay; To mourners joy belongs; While he, that wipes all tears away, Accepts our thankful songs. 2 No altars smoke, no off'rings bleed, No guiltless lives expire; To help a brother in his need, Is all our rites require. 3 Our off'ring is a willing mind To comfort the distrust; In others' good our own we find, In others' blessing blest. 4 Go to the pillow of disease, Where night gives no repose, And on the cheek, where sickness preys, Bid health to plant a rose. 5 Go where the friendless stranger lies; To perish is his doom: Snatch from the grave his closing eyes, And bring his blessing home. 6 Thus, what our heav'nly Father gave, Shall we as freely give; Thus copy him, who liv'd to save, And died that we might live. Languages: English

Blest is the man whose heart expands

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #348 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Blest is the man whose heart expands At melting pity's call, And the rich blessings of whose hands Like heav'nly manna fall. 2 Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way To guide untutor'd youth, And lead the mind that went astray To virtue and to truth. 3 Children our kind protection claim, And God will well approve, When infants learn to lisp his name, And their Creator love. 4 Delightful work, young souls to win, And turn the rising race From the deceitful paths of sin, To seek redeeming grace! 5 Almighty God! thy influence shed To aid this good design: The honours of thy name be spread, And all the glory thine. Languages: English

All-seeing God! 'tis thine to know

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #349 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 All-seeing God! ’tis Thine to know The springs whence wrong opinions flow,— To judge, from principles within, When frailty errs, and when we sin. 2 Who, among men, great Lord of all! Thy servant to his bar shall call? Judge him, for modes of faith, thy foe, And doom him to the realms of woe? 3 Who with another’s eye can read, Or worship by another’s creed? Trusting thy grace, we form our own, And bow to thy commands alone. 4 If wrong, correct; accept, if right; While faithful we improve our light, Condemning none, but zealous still To learn and follow all thy will. Languages: English

Absurd and vain attempt! to bind

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #350 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Absurd and vain attempt! to bind With iron chains the free-born mind, To force conviction, and reclaim The wand'ring by destructive flame. 2 Bold arrogance! to snatch from heav'n Dominion not to mortals giv'n; O'er conscience to usurp the throne, Accountable to God alone. 3 Jesus! thy gentle law of love Does no such cruelties approve; Mild as thy self, thy doctrine wields No arms but what persuasion yields. 4 By proofs divine, and reason strong, It draws the willing soul along; And conquests to thy church acquires By eloquence which heav'n inspires. 5 O happy, who are thus compell'd To the rich feast, by Jesus held! May we this blessing know, and prize The light which liberty supplies. Languages: English

Let party names no more

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #351 (1814) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Let party-names no more The Christian world o'erspread: Gentile and Jew, and bond and free Are one in Christ their Head. 2 Among the saints on earth, Let mutual love be found; Heirs of the same inheritance, With mutual blessings crown'd. 3 Let envy, child of hell! Be banish'd far away: Those should in strictest friendship dwell, Who the same Lord obey. 4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above, Where streams of pleasure ever flow, And ev'ry heart is love. Languages: English

Blest be the tie, that binds

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #352 (1814) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie, that binds Our hearts in Christian love! The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne, We pour our ardent pray'rs: Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain: But we shall still be join'd in heart, And hope to meet again. 5 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin, we shall be free; And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. Languages: English

How blest the sacred tie, that binds

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #354 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 How blest the sacred tie, that binds, In union sweet according minds! How swift the heav’nly course they run, Whose hearts, and faith, and hopes are one! 2 To each the soul of each how dear! What watchful love, what holy fear! How doth the gen'rous flame within Refine from earth and cleanse from sin! 3 Their streaming eyes together flow, For human guilt and mortal woe; Their ardent pray'rs together rise, Like mingling flames in sacrifice. 4 Together both they seek the place, Where God reveals his awful face; How high, how strong, their raptures swell, There's none but kindred souls can tell. 5 Nor shall the glowing flame expire ‘Midst nature’s drooping, sick’ning fire: Soon shall they meet in realms above, A heav'n of joy, because of love. Languages: English

Of justice and of truth I sing

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #356 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Social Duties Lyrics: 1 Of justice and of truth I sing, And pay to God my vows: With truth and justice, heav'nly King, Teach me to rule my house. 2 Now to my tent, O God! be near, And make thy servant wise; And let me suffer nothing there, That shall offend thy eyes. 3 The man that doth his neighbour wrong, Or dares oppress the poor, The scornful eye, the sland'rous tongue Be distant from my door. 4 Still may I seek the good and just, And will their help enjoy; Such be the friends that I shall trust, The servants I'll employ. 5 While sin in others I reprove, Be ev'ry virtue mine; And let the wisdom from above Through all my conduct shine. 6 Who shall the most in love abound, Our sole contention be: So shall my house be ever found A dwelling dear to thee! Languages: English