Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#138

138. How condescending and how kind

1 How condescending and how kind
Was God's eternal son!
Our misery reached His heavenly mind,
And pity brought Him down.

2 This was compassion like a God,
That when the Saviour knew
The price of pardon was His blood,
His pity ne'er withdrew.

3 Now, though He reigns exalted high,
His love is still as great:
Well He remembers Calvary,
Nor should His saints forget.

4 Here we receive repeated seals
Of Jesus' dying love:
Hard is the heart that never feels
One soft affection move.

5 Here let our hearts begin to melt,
While we His death record,
And with our joy for pardoned guilt,
Mourn that we pierced the Lord.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: How condescending and how kind
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Christ: Praise to; Christ: Sympathy of; Lord's Supper; Praise: To Christ; Sympathy: Of Christ

Tune Information

• Name: MANOAH
• Composer: Franz J. Haydn
• Meter: C. M.