Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay
Topic: Benevolence
Writer: Thomas Gibbons
Composer: George Kingsley
Meter: LM
Tune: Tappan
Hymn Number: 201
Page Number: 079, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay,
What were His works, from day to day,
But miracles of pow'r and grace,
That spread salvation through our race?
Teach us, O Lord, to keep in view
Thy pattern, and Thy steps pursue;
Let alms bestow'd, let kindness done
Be witness'd 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,
Creation's blot, creation's blank;
But he who marks from day to day
In gen'rous acts his radiant way,
Treads the same path the Saviour trod,
The path to glory and to God.