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2 One cup of healing oil and wine,
One tear-drop shed on mercy's shrine,
Is thrice more grateful, Lord, to Thee
Than lifted eye or bended knee.

3 To doers only of the Word
Propitious is the righteous Lord;

He hears their cries, accepts their prayers,
And heals their wounds, and soothes their cares.

4 In true and genuine Faith we trace
The source of every Christian grace;
Within the pious breast it plays,
A living fount of joy and praise.

5 Kind deeds of peace and love betray
Where'er it winds its secret way;

But where these spring not, rich and fair,
The fount has never wandered there.

324. C. M.

1 All nature feels attractive power,
A strong embracing force;
The drops that sparkle in the shower,
The planets in their course.

2 Thus in the universe of mind
Is felt the law of Love,

The charity both strong and kind
For all that live and move.

3 In this fine sympathetic chain
All creatures bear a part,
Their every pleasure, every pain,
Linked to the feeling heart.

4 More perfect bond, the Christian plan Attaches soul to soul;

Our neighbour is the suffering man,
Though at the farthest pole.

5 To earth below, from heaven above,
The faith in Christ professed

More clear reveals that God is Love,
And whom He loves is blessed.

325. L. M.

1 When, like a stranger on our sphere,
The lowly Jesus sojourned here,
Where'er he went Affliction fled,
And Sickness reared her drooping head.
2 The eye that rolled in irksome night
Beheld his face, for he was light;
The opening ear, the loosened tongue,
His precepts heard, his praises sung.
3 Demoniac madness, dark and wild,
With melancholy transport smiled;
The storm of horror ceased to roll,
And reason lightened through the soul.

4 His touch the outcast leper healed,
His lips the sinner's pardon sealed;
The palsied frame, the crippled limb,
Felt Virtue going forth from him.

5 Through paths of loving kindness brought,
May all our works in him be wrought;
In his great Name, let us dispense
The crumbs of our benevolence.

6 And Thou, dread Power! whose sovereign breath
Is health or sickness, life or death,
Send Thine abundant blessing down,
And with success our labours crown.

326. P. M.

1 Thus said Jesus; "Go and do
As thou wouldst be done unto":
Here thy perfect duty see,
All that God requires of thee.

2 Wouldst thou when thy faults are known
Wish that pardon should be shown?
Be forgiving, then, and do

As thou wouldst be done unto.

3 Shouldst thou helpless be, and poor, Wouldst thou not for aid implore? Think of others, then, and be

What thou wouldst they should to thee.

4 For compassion if thou call,
Be compassionate to all;

If thou wouldst affection find,
Be affectionate and kind.

5 If thou wouldst obtain the love
Of thy gracious God above,
Then to all His children be

What thou wouldst they should to thee.

327. C. M.

1 Scorn not the slightest word or deed,
Nor deem it void of power;

There's fruit in each wind-wafted seed,
That waits its natal hour.

2 A whispered word may touch the heart,
And call it back to life;
A look of love bid sin depart,
And still unholy strife.

3 No act falls fruitless; none can tell
How vast its power may be,

Nor what results unfolded dwell
Within it silently.

4 Work on, despair not; bring thy mite, Nor care how small it be;

God is with all that serve the Right,
The Holy, True, and Free.

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1 O ye who seek Jehovah's face,
Bow at His throne, and feel His grace,
Who ask in prayer and own in praise
That bounteous love which gilds your days,
Catch from above the hallowed flame,
And dignify the Christian name.

2 Where'er distress and pain appear,
Let pity's ready hand be there;
With cheering wine and fragrant oil
Bid languor glow, and anguish smile:
Though woe her lowliest form may wear,
Yet God hath stamped His image there.

3 When He, the sovereign Judge, draws nigh,
And holds the unerring beam on high,
Then shall sweet Charity prevail,
And angels mark the sinking scale;
Jesus shall call his followers home,
"Ye blessed of my Father, come!'

329. C. M.

1 Pour forth the oil,

2 Kings iv. 3.

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pour boldly forth ;

It will not fail, until

Thou failest vessels to provide
Which it may largely fill.

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