1 O, may our sympathizing breasts The generous pleasure know, Kindly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe! 2 Where'er the helpless sons of grief In low distress are laid, Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, And swift our hands to aid. 3 O, be the law of love fulfilled In every act and thought, Each angry passion far removed, Each selfish view forgot! 4 Be thou, my heart, dilated wide With this kind, social grace, And, in one grasp of fervent love, All earth and heaven embrace. 383. C. M. Watts. Love to God. 1 Happy the heart where graces reign, Where love inspires the breast: Love is the brightest of the train, And strengthens all the rest. 2 Knowledge--alas! 'tis all in vain, And all in vain our fear; Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, If love be absent there. 3 This is the grace that lives and sings, When faith and hope shall cease; 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings In realms of endless peace. 4 Before we quite forsake our clay, Or leave this dark abode, The wings of love bear us away To see our gracious God. 384. L. M. Browne. Love to all Mankind. 1 O God, my Father, and my King, Of all I have, or hope, the spring! Send down thy spirit from above, And fill my heart with heavenly love. 2 May I from every act abstain, That hurts or gives another pain: And bear a sympathizing part, Whene'er I meet a wounded heart. 3 And let my neighbor's prosperous state A mutual joy in me create; His virtuous triumph let me join; His peace and happiness be mine. 4 And though my neighbor's hate I prove, Still let me vanquish hate with love; And every secret wish suppress, That would abridge his happiness. 5 Let love through all my conduct shine, An image fair, though faint, of thine! Thus let me his disciple prove, Who came to manifest thy love. 385. C. M. Roscoe. The Two Commandments. 1 This is the first and great command-- To love thy God above; And this the second--as thyself Thy neighbor thou shalt love. 2 Who is my neighbor? He who wants The help which thou canst give; And both the law and prophets say, This do, and thou shalt live. 386. C. M. Watts. Christ's Love to Enemies our Example. 1 God of our mercy and our praise, Thy glory is our song; We'll speak the honors of thy grace With a rejoicing tongue. 2 When Christ among the sons of men In humble form was found, With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compassed him around. 3 Their miseries his compassion moved, Their peace he still pursued; They rendered hatred for his love, And evil for his good.