O God of Mercy! Hearken Now

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Be Thou

O God eter­nal

blest!

Thy holy name on earth con­fessed!

Echo Thy praise from ev­ery shore

Forever and for ev­er­more.