160. Arise, My Tend'rest Thoughts, Arise

1. Arise, my tend’rest thoughts, arise,
To torrents melt my streaming eyes;
And thou, my heart, with anguish feel
Those evils which thou canst not heal.

2. See human nature sunk in shame!
See scandals poured on Jesus’ name!
The Father wounded thro’ the Son;
The world abused, the soul undone!

3. See the short course of vain delight,
Closing in everlasting night—
In flames that no abatement know,
Tho’ briny tears forever flow.

4. My God, I feel the mournful scene!
My bowels yearn o’er dying men!
And fain my pity would reclaim
And snatch the firebrands from the flame.

5. But feeble my compassion proves,
And can but weep where most it loves;
Thine own all saving arm employ,
And turn these drops of grief to joy.

Text Information
First Line: Arise, my tend'rest thoughts, arise
Title: Arise, My Tend'rest Thoughts, Arise
Author: Philip Doddridge (1739)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: TENDER THOUGHT
Composer: Ananias Davisson (1816)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 12175 71242 11217
Key: a minor
Source: The Kentucky Harmony, 1816
Copyright: Public Domain



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