If Human Kindness Meets Return

If human kind­ness meets re­turn

And owns the grate­ful tie;

If ten­der thoughts with­in us burn

To feel a friend is nigh;

O shall not warm­er ac­cents tell

The gra­ti­tude we owe

To Him who died

our fears to quell

Our more than or­phan’s woe!

While yet His ang­uished soul sur­veyed

Those pangs he would not flee

What love His lat­est words dis­played

Meet and re­mem­ber Me!

Remember Thee! Thy death

Thy shame

Our sin­ful hearts to share!

O me­mo­ry

leave no oth­er name

But His re­cord­ed there.