Text:How Rich Thy Bounty, King of Kings!
Author:Philip Doddridge
Tune:ST. GABRIEL (Greatorex)
Composer:Henry Wellington Greatorex, 1813-1858
Media:MIDI file

2603. How Rich Thy Bounty, King of Kings!

1. How rich Thy bounty, King of kings!
Thy favors, how divine!
The blessings which Thy Gospel brings,
How splendidly they shine!

2. Gold is but dross, and gems but toys,
Should gold and gems compare;
How mean, when sent against those joys
Thy poorest servants share!

3. Yet all these treasures of Thy grace
Are lodged in urns of clay;
And the weak sons of mortal race
The immortal gifts convey.

4. Feebly they lisp Thy glories forth,
Yet grace the victory gives;
Quickly they molder back to earth,
Yet still Thy Gospel lives.

5. Such wonders power divine effects;
Such trophies God can raise;
His hand, from crumbling dust, erects
His monuments of praise.

Text Information
First Line: How rich Thy bounty, King of kings
Title: How Rich Thy Bounty, King of Kings!
Author: Philip Doddridge (1739)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Doddridge wrote this hymn for use in his own church. Alternate tune: ABERDEEN, possibly by Andrew Tait, 1749
Tune Information
Name: ST. GABRIEL (Greatorex)
Composer: Henry Wellington Greatorex, 1813-1858
Meter: CM
Incipit: 55346 53217 65435
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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