"poverty" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
poverty
...As, with surprise, on humble guise
And poverty, they gazed.
But there Thy God-head shone,...
As, with surprise, on humble guise
And poverty, they gazed.
But there Thy God-head shone,
...Or in our sinless state confide;
Out of the deep of poverty
Savior, we give the praise to Thee,...
Or in our sinless state confide;
Out of the deep of poverty
Savior, we give the praise to Thee,
...And trust, each day, grace may be given
To meet earth’s poverty.
O Comrade of life’s way,...
And trust, each day, grace may be given
To meet earth’s poverty.
O Comrade of life’s way,
...Prepare for an oblation?
My all within is poverty
And deep humiliation....
Prepare for an oblation?
My all within is poverty
And deep humiliation.
...Some humble service give.
Give me not wealth nor poverty,
Thy love to me impart;...
Some humble service give.
Give me not wealth nor poverty,
Thy love to me impart;
...And lowly cottage cell!
If pressed by poverty severe
In envious want we pine,...
And lowly cottage cell!
If pressed by poverty severe
In envious want we pine,
...Of earth: for us He dieth.
O Christ, Thy glorious poverty
Makes all Thy people rich in Thee:...
Of earth: for us He dieth.
O Christ, Thy glorious poverty
Makes all Thy people rich in Thee:
...To dwell with sinful man below,
In weakness, poverty, and woe;
No, when He comes the second time,...
To dwell with sinful man below,
In weakness, poverty, and woe;
No, when He comes the second time,
...Lies on a cottage floor,
Like Him that we, save poverty,
Have naught to call our own....
Lies on a cottage floor,
Like Him that we, save poverty,
Have naught to call our own.
...Swell the strains of gladness;
Lived a life of poverty
To claim you for His own:...
Swell the strains of gladness;
Lived a life of poverty
To claim you for His own:
...To bless, to save the human race;
And through His poverty there flows
A rich full stream of heavenly grace....
To bless, to save the human race;
And through His poverty there flows
A rich full stream of heavenly grace.
...That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe!
That will not murmur nor complain...
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe!
That will not murmur nor complain
...And Christ was still the healing friend
Of poverty and pain;
And never did imploring soul...
And Christ was still the healing friend
Of poverty and pain;
And never did imploring soul
...Peace overflowing thy soul.
Is your back bending ’neath poverty’s burden?
Christ’s precious gift...
Peace overflowing thy soul.
Is your back bending ’neath poverty’s burden?
Christ’s precious gift
...Peace overflowing thy soul.
Is your back bending ’neath poverty’s burden?
Christ’s precious gift...
Peace overflowing thy soul.
Is your back bending ’neath poverty’s burden?
Christ’s precious gift
...His soul-attracting charms displays,
Recounts His poverty and pains,
And tells His love in melting strains....
His soul-attracting charms displays,
Recounts His poverty and pains,
And tells His love in melting strains.
...And anxious stress and loneliness,
And poverty and woe;
Straightway provide a welcome wide,...
And anxious stress and loneliness,
And poverty and woe;
Straightway provide a welcome wide,
...Dost Thou exalted shine;
What can my poverty bestow,
When all the worlds are Thine?...
Dost Thou exalted shine;
What can my poverty bestow,
When all the worlds are Thine?
...Bringing joy to the souls that are sighing
In hovels where poverty dwells—
There is life, there is life for the dying...
Bringing joy to the souls that are sighing
In hovels where poverty dwells—
There is life, there is life for the dying
...Never more a helpless baby,
Born in poverty and pain,
But with awful glory crowned,...
Never more a helpless baby,
Born in poverty and pain,
But with awful glory crowned,
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