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
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),
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.