Words: Unknown author, in Carmina Sacra by (Boston, Massachusetts: J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter, 1844). Music: Leni, (1773-1836), arranged by Lowell Mason, 1844. If you know the author |
Indulgent Lord, Thy goodness reigns
Through all the wide, celestial plains;
And thence its streams redundant flow,
And cheer th’abodes of men below.
Oh, give to every human heart
To taste and feel how good Thou art!
With grateful love and holy fear,
To know how blest Thy children are.