Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay
Topic: Christian Benevolence
Writer: Thomas Gibbons
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Ward
Hymn Number: 177
Page Number: 061, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay,
What were his works, from day to day,
But miracles of power and grace,
That spread salvation through our race?
Teach us, O Lord, to keep in view
Thy pattern, and thy steps pursue;
Let alms bestowed, let kindness done,
Be witnessed by each rolling sun.
That man may last, but never lives,
Who much receives, but nothing gives,
Whom none can love, whom none can thank,
Creations' blot, creations blank.
But he who marks from day to day
In generous acts his radiant way,
Treads the same path the Saviour trod,
The path to glory and to God.