Hymn - Look down in mercy from above

                 I.
Look down in mercy from above,
O Lord of everlasting love!
     Upon our guilty land;
And be not yet exceeding wroth
To see yon groaning Sabbaoth
     Lift up the shackled hand.

                 II.
If over all the reeking plain,
Ten righteous spirits still remain!
     Forbear, O Lord, forbear!
And for those humble righteous’ sake,
Let not thy ready thunders break;
     Above the thousands there.

                 III.
A little while wilt thou relent,
That the oppressor may repent;
     O yet a little while!
So haply he will turn to Thee;
And when the fetter’d slave is free,
     Ask thy approving smile,

                 IV.
O nobler anthems will he raise,
And songs of more exceeding praise,
     To whom is more forgiven;
And over the returning soul.
Which wander’d fathest from the goal,
     Is greater joy in Heav’n.