823. S. M. Enfield.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Forgiveness.
1I hear the voice of woe!
I hear a brother's sigh!
Then let my heart with pity flow,
With tears of love, my eye.
2I hear the thirsty cry!
The hungry beg for bread!
Then let my spring its stream supply,
My hand its bounty shed.
3The debtor humbly sues,
Who would, but cannot pay;
And shall I lenity refuse,
Who need it every day?
4And shall not wrath relent,
Touched by that humble strain,
My brother crying, "I repent,
Nor will offend again?"
5How else, on soaring wing,
Can hope bear high my prayer,
Up to thy throne, my God, my King,
To plead for pardon there?