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| Text: | When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay |
| Author: | Gibbons |
1 When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay,
What were his works from day to day
But miracles of power and grace,
That spread salvation through our race?
2 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.
3 But he, who marks from day to day,
In generous acts his radiant way,
Treads the same path his Saviour trod,--
The path to glory and to God.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay |
| Author: | Gibbons |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Publication Date: | 1873 |
| Topic: | Christ: Life, Office, and Example; Christ our Example |
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