The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10181

10181. Whom Did Jesus Pity?

1 To the Lord our Savior, sweetest offerings bring;
Of His love and mercy, let us join and sing;
When He walked the city, sought the quiet glen,
Whom did Jesus pity when He dwelt with men?

2 Jericho the beauteous, crowned with living palms,
’Round the Savior gathered beggars, seeking alms;
To him blind Bartimeus cried for mercy then;
Him did Jesus pity when He dwelt with men.

3 Where Bethesda’s fountain, fair on Salem flowed,
Lay a man impotent; none on him bestowed,
In his years of sorrow, hope, or comfort: then
Him did Jesus pity when He dwelt with men.

4 Out of Nain, on Hermon, came a stricken one,
Going to the burial pf her only son;
Back to life the Master called the loved one then—
Her did Jesus pity, when He dwelt with men.

5 Journeying to Capernaum by the purple sea,
Jesus hears the leper cry in misery.
"Thou hast power to save me if Thou wilt," and then
Him did Jesus pity, when He dwelt with men.

6 On the cross rejected, on that darkened day,
"Oh forgive, My Father!" hear the Savior pray.
His divine compassion failed not, even then,
Sinners Jesus pitied, when He died for men.

Text Information

• First Line: To the Lord our Savior, sweetest offerings bring
• Title: Whom Did Jesus Pity?
• Author: Hezekiah Butterworth
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Language: English
• Source: Heart and Voice by William F. Sherwin (Cincinnati: John Church, 1881)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SALAMANCA
• Composer: George Frederick Root
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Key: G Major