The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12638

12638. Daughters Of Pity, Tune The Lay

1 Daughters of pity, tune the lay;
To mourners joy belongs;
While He that wipes all tears away
Accepts our thankful songs.

2 No altars smoke, no offerings bleed,
No guiltless lives expire;
To help a brother in his need
Is all our rites require.

3 Our offering is a willing mind
To comfort the distressed;
In others’ good our own to find,
In others’ blessing blest.

4 Go to the pillow of disease,
Where night gives no repose,
And on the cheek where sickness preys,
Bid health to plant a rose.

5 Go where the friendless stranger lies;
To perish is his doom:
Snatch from the grave his closing eyes,
And bring his blessing home.

6 Thus, what our heav’nly Father gave,
Shall we as freely give;
Thus copy Him who lived to save,
And died that we might live.

Text Information

• First Line: Daughters of pity, tune the lay
• Title: Daughters Of Pity, Tune The Lay
• Author: William Hampson
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Psalms and Hymns for Unitarian Worship by Robert Aspland, 1810
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: DALEHURST by Arthur Cottman, DEWITT by Uzziah C. Burnap, DIVINE DEPENDENCE by Scott Werdebaugh

Tune Information

• Name: DIBDIN
• Composer: Dr. Jackson (1852)
• Meter: CM
• Key: d minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain