O THOU great Teacher from the skies,
Who lived and died for men;
Teach us with Thee to sympathize,
And be as Thou wast then.

2 It was the glory of Thy heart,
Whate'er Thou hadst to give;
For others' sufferings to impart,
For others' good to live.

3 Be Thou in us a living soul;

Be Thou our spirit's power;
Its secret thought, its life's control,
To guide it every hour.

4 We need like Thee a spirit true,
A just and generous mind,
Which seeks, in all it has to do,
The good of all mankind.
BROWNING

Thomas Cogswell Upham 1872
C. M.

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JESUS, our Lord, how rich Thy grace!
Thy bounties how complete!

How shall we count the matchless sum?
How pay the mighty debt?

2 High on a throne of radiant light
Dost Thou exalted shine;
What can our poverty bestow,
When all the worlds are Thine?
3 But Thou hast brethren here below,
The partners of Thy grace,

And wilt confess their humble names
Before Thy Father's face.

4 In them Thou mayst be clothed and fed, And visited and cheered;

And in their accents of distress
Our Saviour's voice is heard.

Philip Doddridge 1740

U. C. BURNAP

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LORD, lead the way the Saviour went,
By lane and cell obscure,

And let our treasures still be spent,
Like His, upon the poor.

2 Like Him, through scenes of deep distress, Who bore the world's sad weight,

We, in their crowded loneliness,

Would seek the desolate.

3 For Thou hast placed us side by side In this wide world of ill;

And that Thy followers may be tried, The poor are with us still.

4 Mean are all offerings we can make; But Thou hast taught us, Lord,

If given for the Saviour's sake,

They lose not their reward.

William Croswell 1831

O GOD of mercy, God of might,
In love and pity infinite,
Teach us, as ever in Thy sight,
To live our life to Thee.

2 And Thou who cam'st on earth to die,
That fallen man might live thereby,
O hear us, for to Thee we cry,
In hope, O Lord, to Thee.

3 Teach us the lesson Thou hast taught,
To feel for those Thy blood hath bought;
That every word, and deed, and thought
May work a work for Thee.

4 For all are brethren, far and wide
Since Thou, O Lord, for all hast died:
Then teach us, whatsoe'er betide,
To love them all in Thee.

5 In sickness, sorrow, want, or care,
Whate'er it be, 'tis ours to share ;
May we, where help is needed, there
Give help as unto Thee.

6 And may Thy Holy Spirit move
All those who live, to live in love,
Till Thou shalt greet in heaven above
All those who give to Thee.

Godfrey Thring 1879

ELLERS IOS.

E. J. HOPKINS

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