Leading the lost to God--

Stooping to lend the sufferer aid,

Crushed sorrow's wail to hear,

To bind the widow's broken heart,

And dry the orphan's tear.

3For war with error, make him strong,

And sin, the soul's dark foe--

But let him humbly seek for truth,

Where'er its waters flow.

And when, O Father, at the grave