English poem
The good Samaritan. Luke x. 30-37
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Father of Mercies, send thy Grace All-pow'rful from above To form in our obedient Souls The Image of thy Love.
O may our sympathizing Breasts That gen'rous Pleasure know Kindly to share in others Joy, And weep for others Woe!
When the most helpless Sons of Grief In low Distress are laid, Soft be our Hearts their Pains to feel, And swift our Hands to aid.
So Jesus look'd on dying Men, When thron'd above the Skies, And 'midst th' Embraces of his GOD He felt Compassion rise.
On Wings of Love the Saviour flew To raise us from the Ground, And made the richest of his Blood A Balm for ev'ry Wound.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The GOD of Spirits sought to supply Vacancies in the Congregations of his People Numbers xxvii. 15,-17
- The GOD of the Patriarchs preparing them a City. Heb. xi. 16
- The Godly Man's Ark. Isaiah xxvi. 20
- The Good Man's Prospect for Time and Eternity. Psalm xxiii. 6
- The Goodness of GOD acknowledged in giving Pastors after his own Heart. Jerem. iii. 15
- The Goodness which GOD has wrought, and laid up for his People. Psal. xxxi. 19
- The Gospel first preached at Jerusalem. Luke xxiv.-47
- The Gospel Jubilee. Psalm lxxxix. 15. compared with Levit. xxv. and Isa. lxi. 2