Blessed Are the Merciful: For They Shall Obtain Mercy

It was an awful hour that gave Thee, Lord, the strength to win Unholy men up from the grave Of darkness and of sin.

And is this all thou dost require For thy forgiveness now— That we to loftier bliss aspire By doing even as thou?

Thou risest on our darksome earth, Radiant of human light, That men may see, recall their birth, And claim its lofty right;

The right to pardon and to bless, By service high to rule; Upheld with wealth of tenderness From God the pitiful.