Teach me to feel another’s woe To hide the fault I see That mercy I to others shew That mercy shew to me. While some in Folly’s Pleasures roll, And seek the joys that hurt the soul, Be mine that silent calm repast A Peaceful conscience to the last.

Full Text: Teach me to feel another’s woe To hide the fault I see That mercy I to others shew That mercy shew to me. While some in Folly’s Pleasures roll, And seek the joys that hurt the soul, Be mine that silent calm repast A Peaceful conscience to the last.
Listed on Page Number: 319
Sampler Worked By: Elizabeth McCullough
Date of Sampler: 1787
Place Sampler Made: New Castle DE
Sampler Listed on Page: 63
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Pope, Alexander. The Universal Prayer, London: R. Dodsley, 1738, p. 6 Cotton, [Nathaniel]. “Hymn 94” New Version of the Psalms of David, Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate, Boston: D. And J. Kneeland, J. Wharton, and N. Bowes, 1762, p. 83.
Notes: Also Stitched By: Beakes, Lydia. c. 1804, Trenton, p. 126; Bradway, Sarah. 1820, Cumberland Co., NJ, p. 131; Cook, Nancy. 1823, Lyme, NH, p. 142; Cutler, Sophia. c. 1807, Rindge, NH, p. 145; Dallas, Ann. 1810, Salem, NJ, p. 146; Denny, Adeline. c. 1800, Leicester, MA, p. 148; Gay, Mary. 1808, n.p., p. 161; Jones, Martha Melvina Milledge. 1810, Louisville, KY, p. 182; Margage, Susanna. 1827, “Bristol School,” p. 193 Patterson, Sarah Ann Ewalt. 1819, “Pittsburg,” p. 205. https://archive.org/details/historylifethom00bowlgoog https://archive.org/details/newverpsal00brad The second selection, is only referenced as by Cotton in the index, but is attributed to Nathaniel Cotton. It may have been published earlier in a periodical as referenced by John Julien in his Dictionary of Hymnology, Vol. 1, p. 264.