Blessed Are the Merciful + 

For They Shall Obtain Mercy + 

It was an awful hour that gave + 

Thee, Lord, the strength to win + 

Unholy men up from the grave + 

Of darkness and of sin. + 

And is this all thou dost require + 

For thy forgiveness now⁠— + 

That we to loftier bliss aspire + 

By doing even as thou? + 

Thou risest on our darksome earth, + 

Radiant of human light, + 

That men may see, recall their birth, + 

And claim its lofty right; + 

The right to pardon and to bless, + 

By service high to rule; + 

Upheld with wealth of tenderness + 

From God the pitiful. + 