Text:When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay
Author:Thomas Gibbons
Tune:SURREY
Adapter:John H. Spielman
Composer:Costellow

389. When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay

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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