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LXXXII. ANOTHER.

[Lover, Friend of human kind]

Lover, Friend of human kind,
Call Thy days of flesh to mind,
When Thou didst our sorrows bear,
All our sinless frailties share.
When Thou didst converse below,
Every shape of human woe,
Every supplicant in pain
Could Thy ready help obtain.
Melted by Thy creature's tears,
Troubled with our griefs and fears,
Pity made Thy Spirit groan,
Made our miseries Thine own.
None applied in vain to Thee;
Thy Divine philanthropy
Cheer'd the faint, the hungry fed,
Heal'd the sick, and raised the dead.
Hear us then, Thou Man of grief,
O make haste to our relief,
After Thee for help we cry,
Come, before our sister die.
Jesus, evermore the same,
Manifest Thy saving name,
Good Physician from above,
Heal the object of Thy love.
Humbly prostrate at Thy feet,
We our will to Thine submit;
Yet, before Thy will is shown,
Trembling we present our own.
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Till Thy love's design we see,
Earnest, but resign'd to Thee,
Suffer us for life to pray,
Bless us with her longer stay.
Let the balm be now applied,
Touch her, and the fever chide,
Now command it to depart,
Sprinkle now her peaceful heart.
Thou with equal ease and skill
Canst the soul and body heal:
Raise her, Lord, the vessel raise
Of Thine all-sufficient grace.
Let her long a witness live
That Thou canst on earth forgive,
Live, Thine utmost love to see,
Live to serve Thy church and Thee.
Then, when all her work is done,
Thou Thy faithful servant crown,
Take her, Jesus, to Thy breast,
Take us all to endless rest.
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