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| Text: | When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay |
| Author: | Thomas Gibbons |
| Tune: | SURREY |
| Adapter: | John H. Spielman |
| Composer: | Costellow |
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 bestowed, let kindness done,
Be witnessed 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,
The same path treads the Savior trod,
The path to glory and to God.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay |
| Author: | Thomas Gibbons (1784) |
| Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1908 |
| Topic: | First Sunday after Epiphany; Second Sunday after Easter; Fifth Sunday after Easter (4 more...) |
| Notes: | Alternate Tune: LUTON, #169 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SURREY |
| Composer: | Costellow (ca. 1810) |
| Adapter: | John H. Spielman (1881) |
| Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
| Key: | E Major |
| Source: | Theme by Costellow |
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