Divine Compassion. Isai. 49. 14, 15, 16
I.
The Lord forgets his wonted grace,
Afflicted Zion said;
My God withdraws his smiling face,
Withdraws his heavenly aid.
II.
Shall the kind mother's gentle breast
No soft emotion share;
But, every tender thought supprest,
ForgeTher infant care?
III.
The helpless child, that ofTher eyes
Have watch'd with anxious thought,
While her fond breast appeas'd his cries —
And can he be forgot?
IV.
Strange as it is, yet this may be,
For creature-love is frail;
But thy Creator's love to thee,
O Zion, cannot fail.
V.
No, thy dear name engraven stands,
In characters of love,
On thy almighty Father's hands;
And never shall remove.
VI.
Before his ever-watchful eye
Thy mournful state appears,
And every groan, and every sigh
Divine compassion hears.
VII.
These anxious doubts indulge no more,
Be every fear supprest;
Unchanging truth, and love, and power,
Command thy cares to rest.
The Lord forgets his wonted grace,
Afflicted Zion said;
My God withdraws his smiling face,
Withdraws his heavenly aid.
II.
Shall the kind mother's gentle breast
No soft emotion share;
But, every tender thought supprest,
ForgeTher infant care?
III.
The helpless child, that ofTher eyes
Have watch'd with anxious thought,
While her fond breast appeas'd his cries —
And can he be forgot?
IV.
Strange as it is, yet this may be,
For creature-love is frail;
But thy Creator's love to thee,
O Zion, cannot fail.
V.
No, thy dear name engraven stands,
In characters of love,
On thy almighty Father's hands;
And never shall remove.
VI.
Before his ever-watchful eye
Thy mournful state appears,
And every groan, and every sigh
Divine compassion hears.
VII.
These anxious doubts indulge no more,
Be every fear supprest;
Unchanging truth, and love, and power,
Command thy cares to rest.
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