Compassion Hymn

Verse 1

There is an everlasting kindness

You lavished on us

When the Radiance of heaven

Came to rescue the lost

You called the sheep without a shepherd

To leave their distress

For Your streams of forgiveness

And the shade of Your rest

Verse 2

And with compassion for the hurting

You reached out Your hand

As the lame ran to meet You

And the dead breated again

You saw behind the eyes of sorrow

And shared in our tears

Heard the sigh of the weary

Let the children draw near

Verse 3

We stood beneath the cross of Calvary

And gazed on Your face

At the thorns of opression

And the wounds of disgrace

For surely You have borne our suffering

And carried our grief

As You pardoned the scoffer

And showed grace to the theif

Verse 4

How beautiful the feet that carry

This gospel of peace

To the fields of injustice

And the valleys of need

To be a voice of hope and healing

To answer the cries

Of the hungry and helpless

With the mercy of Christ