Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Hymn Book
Date: 1816
Compiler: Joseph Thomas
Publisher/Printer: J Foster
First Line: Our Saviour came to bless the Jews
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: LXXIII
Page Number: 094, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOur Saviour came to bless the Jews,
But his appearance, they refuse;
They look'd and long'd to see a king-
But would not have so mean a thing.
Ah! had he come in pompous bands,
With carnal weapons in his hands;
He would have been acknowled'd then,
By all the scribes and proudest men.
But when he came, both meek and low,
Dispising all this world below,
They rose, refus'd and cast him out,
They knew not what he was about.
Thus, it is in this evil day,
When we go on in Christ's own way;
If we are plain and walk to preach
Faith in Christ, and repentance teach.
When we forsake our house and home,
And through far distant places roam;
When we profess Christ's only name,
We are dispis'd, cast out with shame.
Renounce the world, I now must cry,
He is a fool, they soon reply-
Must I not work, and toil and strive,
And in my worldly riches thrive?
If Christ, ye all your portion make,
Your gold and pride you must forsake,
And trust in God for daily bread,
And by his hand be always led.