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Heav ' n down to earth he brought ; On land and water grav'd the truths he taught , A nd walked to death—to death on Calvary ,
The willing victim ; veiling all the sin Of man , whom he would win ; His blood the thirsty seeds of truth supplying , And from his Father buying Ransom'd humanity .
Chorus . Master of wisdom and of innocence—Torch of heav ' n-guiding ray—Soul that sublimes the sense , The life , the truth , the way .
Seoond Voice . To him whose hand our coming once forbad , He said , " Nay , let them come . " Third Voice , And now a gentler hand , in welcoming glad , Bids us poor children find in him a home .
Second Voice . He said , " Lay not up treasure where the rust Corrupteth , and where thieves break through and steal . " Third Voice . And see what hands , munificent and just , Ope at his bidding , and their gifts we feel .
Second Voice . He said , tc In God ye trust , so trust in me ; The wandering swallow hath no place of rest , Yet , on the solitary turret , she Hath found a nest . ' The twittering sparrow sows not , neither reaps , Yet Providence for all its riches keeps , And this ' neath palace roofs , this 'neath straw-cot 1 age sleeps .
Chorus , We are the swallows , and our tongues can tell How he hath raised a roof above our head ; We are the sparrows of the parable , We harvest not , and yet are fed .
Third Voice . What said he more ? Second Voice . " The lilies of the field Tlioy toil not , neither do they spin , Yet all the robes that pomp and labour gild , And all the glorious garments wealth can win ,
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1830, page 156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2582/page/12/