Rejoice in the Lord ‎#270

270. Jesus, My Lord, How Rich Thy Grace

1 Jesus, my Lord, how rich thy grace;
thy bounties, how complete!
How shall I count the matchless sum,
or pay the mighty debt?

2 High on a throne of radiant light
dost thou exalted shine;
what can my poverty bestow,
when all the worlds are thine?

3 But lo, our world's forgotten poor
are partners of thy grace;
thou wilt confess their humble names
before thy Father's face.

4 In them thou may'st be clothed and fed,
and visited and cheered,
and in their accents of distress
my Savior's voice is heard.

5 Thy face with rev'rence and with love
I in thy poor would see;
O let me rather beg my bread
than hold it back from thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, my Lord, how rich thy grace
• Title: Jesus, My Lord, How Rich Thy Grace
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 (alt.)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  Matthew 25:31-46
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Grace; Needy

Tune Information

• Name: GEORGETOWN
• Composer: David McK. Williams (1941)
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Used by permission of The Church Hymnal Corp.