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Liberality

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Special Occasions Collections First Line: Oh, what stupendous mercy shines Lyrics: 1 Oh, what stupendous mercy shines Around the majesty of heaven! Rebels he deigns to call his sons, Their souls renew'd, their sins forgiven. 2 Go, imitate the grace divine,-- The grace that blazes like a sun; Hold forth your fair, though feeble light, Through all your lives let mercy run! 3 Upon your bounty's willing wings Swift let the great salvation fly; The hungry feed, the naked clothe; To pain and sickness help apply. 4 Pity the weeping widow's wo, And be her counsellor and stay; Adopt the fatherless, and smoothe To useful, happy life, his way. 5 Let age, with want and weakness bow'd, Your bowels of compassion move; Let e'en your enemies be bless'd,-- Their hatred recompens'd wtih love. 6 When all is done, renounce your deeds-- Renounce self-righteousness with scorn: Thus will you glorify your God, And thus the Christian name adorn.

Liberality

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Special Occasions Collections First Line: The gold and silver are the Lord's Lyrics: 1 The gold and silver are the Lord's, And ev'ry blessing earth affords; All come from his propitious hand, And must return at his command. 2 The blessings which I now enjoy, I must for Christ and souls employ; For if I use them as my own, My Lord will soon call in his loan. 3 When I to him in want apply, He never does my suit deny; And shall I then refuse to give, Since I so much from him receive? 4 Shall Jesus leave the realms of day, And clothe himself in humble clay? Shall he become despis'd and poor, To make me rich forever more! 5 And shall I wickedly withhold To give my silver or my gold, To aid a cause my soul approves, And save the sinners Jesus loves. 6 Expand my heart--incline me, Lord, To give the whole I can afford; That what thy bounty render'd mine, I may with cheerful hands resign. Scripture: Haggai 2:8

Invitation of Christ in doing Good

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 156 hymnals Topics: Special Occasions Collections First Line: When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay Lyrics: 1 When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay, What were his works from day to day, But miracles of pow'r and grace Which spread salvation thro' our race. 2 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. 3 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. 4 But he, who marks from day to day, In gen'rous acts his radiant way, Treads the same path the Savior trod, The path to glory and to God.

Relieving Christ in his Members

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 190 hymnals Topics: Special Occasions Collections First Line: Jesus, my Lord, how rich thy grace! Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my Lord, how rich thy grace! Thy bounties how complete! How shall I count the matchless sum? How 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 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 may'st be cloth'd and fed, And visited and cheer'd; And in their accents of distress My Savior's voice is heard. 5 Thy face, with rev'rence and with love, We in thy poor would see; O let us rather beg our bread Than keep it back from thee. Scripture: Matthew 25:40

Religious Toleration ought to be defended by Our Rulers

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: Special Occasions Public and National Blessings and Afflictions First Line: Absurd and vain attempt! to bind Lyrics: 1 Absurd and vain attempt! to bind With iron chains the free-born mind, To force conviction, and reclaim The wand'ring by destructive flame. 2 Bold arrogance! to snatch from heaven Dominion not to mortals given; O'er conscience to usurp the throne, Accountable to God alone. 3 Jesus! thy gentle law of love Does no such cruelties approve; Mild as thy self, thy doctrine wields No arms but what persuasion yields. 4 By proofs divine, and reason strong, It draws the willing soul along; And conquests to thy church acquires By eloquence which heaven inspires. 5 O happy, who are thus compell'd To the rich feast, by Jesus held! May we this blessing know, and prize The light which liberty supplies.