Verse 1
The chief of saints may well express
A sympathizing tenderness,
And blameless sorrow show:
The faithful soul with Jesus one,
Has put his Saviour’s bowels on,
And feels the common woe.

Verse 2
Yet with the mind of Jesus steel’d
He cannot to intreaties yield,
Or leave the bleeding Lamb,
Warn’d by the Spirit’s clearest call,
For Jesus’ sake to give up all,
And suffer for his name.

Verse 3
From all the power of passion free,
Against the soft infirmity
Immoveable he stands;
No cross, no suffering he declines,
But chearfully his life resigns,
When Christ his life demands.

Verse 4
O’rejoy’d his faithfulness t’ approve,
And pay him back the bleeding love
Display’d on Calvary,
Paul could not speak a greater word
Than—here I am, my gracious Lord,
Ready to die for Thee!