Church Book ‎#475

475. Jesus, our Lord, how rich Thy grace!

1 Jesus, my Lord, how rich Thy grace!
Thy bounties how complete!
How shall we count the matchless sum?
How pay the mighty debt?

2 High on a throne of radiant light
Dost Thou exalted shine;
What can our poverty bestow,
When all the worlds are Thine?

3 But Thou hast brethren here below,
The partners of Thy grace,
And wilt confess their humble names
Before Thy Father's face.

4 In them Thou mayst be clothed and fed,
And visited and cheered;
And in their accents of distress
Our Saviour's voice is heard.

5 Thy face, with reverence and with love,
We in Thy poor would see;
O may we minister to them,
And in them, Lord, to Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, our Lord, how rich Thy grace!
• Author: Doddridge (1755, a.)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: Benevolence; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #281 or #309

Tune Information

• Name: TRESDALE
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Rev. R. N. Parke