Scripture Verse

Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Matthew 25:29

Introduction

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Henry Milman (1791–1868)
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: Hen­ry H. Mil­man, in Hymns Writ­ten and Adapt­ed to the Week­ly Church Ser­vice of the Year, by Re­gi­nald He­ber (Lon­don: J. Mur­ray, 1827), pag­es 51–52.

Music: Bed­ford Will­iam Wheale, 1729 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Wheale (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

O help us, Lord, each hour of need
Thy hea­ven­ly suc­cor give;
Help us in thought, and word, and deed,
Each hour on earth we live.

O help us, when our spir­its bleed
With con­trite ang­uish sore,
And when our hearts are cold and dead,
O help us, Lord, the more.

O help us, through the pray­er of faith
More firm­ly to be­lieve;
For still the more the ser­vant hath,
The more shall he re­ceive.

If stran­gers to Thy fold we call,
Imploring at Thy feet
The crumbs that from Thy ta­ble fall,
’Tis all we dare en­treat.

But be it, Lord of mer­cy, all,
So Thou wilt grant but this:
The crumbs that from Thy ta­ble fall
Are light, and life, and bliss.

O help us, Je­sus! from on high,
We know no help but Thee;
Oh! help us to so to live and die
As Thine in Heav’n to be.