Whom Did Jesus Pity?

To the Lord our Sav­ior

Sweetest of­fer­ings bring;

Of His love and mer­cy

Let us join and sing;

When He walked the ci­ty

Sought the qui­et glen

Whom did Je­sus pi­ty

When He dwelt with men?

Jericho the beau­te­ous

Crowned with liv­ing palms

’Round the Sav­ior ga­thered

Beggars

seek­ing alms;

To him blind Bar­ti­me­us

Cried for mer­cy then;

Him did Je­sus pi­ty

When He dwelt with men.

Where Be­thes­da’s fount­ain

Fair on Sa­lem flowed

Lay a man im­po­tent;

None on him be­stowed

In his years of sor­row

Hope

or com­fort: then

Him did Je­sus pi­ty

When He dwelt with men.

Out of Nain

on Her­mon

Came a strick­en one

Going to the bu­ri­al

Of her on­ly son;

Back to life the Mas­ter

Called the loved one then—

Her did Je­sus pi­ty

When He dwelt with men.

Journeying to Caper­na­um

By the pur­ple sea

Jesus hears the le­per

Cry in mi­se­ry.

Thou hast pow­er to save me

If Thou wilt

and then

Him did Je­sus pi­ty

When He dwelt with men.

On the cross re­ject­ed

On that dark­ened day

Oh for­give

My Fa­ther!

Hear the Sav­ior pray.

His di­vine com­pass­ion

Failed not

ev­en then

Sinners Je­sus pi­tied

When He died for men.