When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay
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When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay,What were his works, from day to day,But miracles of power and graceThat spread salvation through our race?
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Teach us, O Lord, to keep in viewThy pattern, and thy steps pursue;Let alms bestowed, let kindness done,Be witnessed by each rolling sun.
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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!
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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.