11712 | The Cyber Hymnal#11713 | 11714 |
Text: | I Was Poor As The Poorest |
Author: | Frank H. Mashaw |
Tune: | [I was poor as the poorest outcast from the fold] |
Composer: | Joseph Lincoln Hall |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 I was poor as the poorest outcast from the fold,
I sank by the wayside with hunger and cold;
But He bade me look up, all His riches behold;
O the wealth of the world is Jesus.
Refrain:
I was poor as the poorest outcast from the fold,
But He gave me great treasures of silver and gold,
And a mansion above that will never grow old,
For the wealth of the world is Jesus.
2 I was poor as the poorest, I shrank from the throng,
I hid in the darkness that dwelt with me long;
But He came like the morning with sunlight and song,
Now the light of my life is Jesus. [Refrain]
3 I was poor as the poorest, I wandered alone,
No dwelling I had, and my pillow a stone;
But I heard someone whisper, My child, still My own;
Now the peace of my heart is Jesus. [Refrain]
4 I was poor as the poorest; He came from the sky
With love that was deathless for sinners to die;
And He bled on the cross, and my heart said, ’Tis I;
Now the love in my soul is Jesus. [Refrain]
5 I was poor as the poorest till Jesus stooped low
And washed all my sins of the whiteness of snow;
And so that is the reason I love Him, you know;
O the wealth of the world is Jesus. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I was poor as the poorest outcast from the fold |
Title: | I Was Poor As The Poorest |
Author: | Frank H. Mashaw (1899) |
Refrain First Line: | I was poor as the poorest outcast from the fold |
Language: | English |
Source: | Gospel Praises by William J. Kirkpatrick, J. Lincoln Hall and Hnery L. Gilmour (Philadelphia: Hall-Mack, 1899) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [I was poor as the poorest outcast from the fold] |
Composer: | Joseph Lincoln Hall |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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