Laudes Domini ‎#475

475. Beneficence

1 Jesus, our Lord, how rich thy grace!
Thy bounties how complete!
How shall we count the matchless sum!
How pay the mighty debt!

2 High on a throne of radiant light
Dost thou exalted shine;
What can our 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 mayst be clothed and fed,
And visited and cheered;
And in their accents of distress,
Our Saviour's voice is heard.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, our Lord, how rich thy grace!
• Title: Beneficence
• Author: Philip Doddridge
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Psalm 41:1
  ;
  Matthew 10:42
  ;
  Matthew 25:40
• Topic: Activity; Charity; Christians: Duties; Church: Work of; Communion of Saints: At Lord's Table; Consecration: Of Possessions

Tune Information

• Name: CHESTERFIELD
• Composer: T. Haweis
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major or modal