Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#390

390. 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,
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 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,
We in Thy poor would see;
O rather let me beg my bread,
Than keep it back from Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, my Lord, how rich Thy grace!
• Author: Rev. Philip Doddridge (1755)
• Meter: C. M. No. 2
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Fifth Sunday after Easter; Sixth Sunday after Easter; First Sunday after Trinity; Ninth Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: EAGLEY
• Composer: James Walch (1860)
• Meter: C. M. No. 2
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.