Relieving Christ in His Members

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

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

Verse 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.

Verse 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.