Hymn: O not to crush with abject fear

  • Title:
  • First Line: O not to crush with abject fear
  • Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
  • Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
  • Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
  • Publication Date: 1866

Author(s)

  • Author Name: William Gaskell
  • Born: 1805
  • Died: 1884
  • Gender: M

Full Text

O, not to crush with abject fear The burdened soul of man Did Jesus on the earth appear, And open heaven's high plan: He came to bid him find repose, And God his Father know; And thus with love to raise up those That once were bowed low. O, not in coldness nor in pride His holy path he trod; 'Twas his delight to turn aside And win the lost to God; And unto sorrowing guilt disclose The fount whence peace should flow; And thus with love to raise up those That once were bowed low. O, not with cold, unfeeling eye Did he the suffering view; Not on the other side pass by, And deem their tears untrue; 'Twas joy to him to heal their woes, And heaven's sweet refuge show; And thus with love to raise up those That once were bowed low.

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