CCLXXXII. Christian Sympathy.

HAIL, everlasting Prince of Peace!
Hail, Governor divine!
How gracious is thy Sceptre's Sway!
What gentle Laws are thine!

His tender Heart with Love o'erflow'd,
Love spoke in ev'ry Breath;
Vig'rous it reign'd thro' all his Life,
And triumph'd in his Death.

All these united Charms he shews,
Our frozen Souls to move;
This Proof of Love to him demands,
That we each other love.

O be the sacred Law fulfill'd
In ev'ry Act, and Thought;
Each angry Passion far remov'd,
Each selfish View forgot.

Be thou, my Heart, dilated wide
By thy Redeemer's Grace;
And in one Grasp of fervent Love
All Earth and Heav'n embrace.