The parables of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ Done into familiar verse, with occasional applications, for the use and improvement of younger minds. By Christopher Smart |
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The poor Widow commended.
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The poor Widow commended.
Christ saw some men of wealth and rank
Throw money in the public bank,
And saw a needy widow'd dame
Cast in two mites into the same:
He then this observation made,
And unto those around he said,
“This widow, needy and oppress'd,
“Has done far more than all the rest.
“For these from their abundance deal
“To God and to the common-weal:
“But she from an impoverish'd lot,
“Has cast in all that she had got.”
Throw money in the public bank,
And saw a needy widow'd dame
Cast in two mites into the same:
He then this observation made,
And unto those around he said,
“This widow, needy and oppress'd,
“Has done far more than all the rest.
“For these from their abundance deal
“To God and to the common-weal:
“But she from an impoverish'd lot,
“Has cast in all that she had got.”
Much is requir'd, where much is giv'n,
And in proportion as they've thriv'n,
Men should the Lord with wealth adore.
But when from a contracted store
You by small means attain great ends,
Then virtue tow'rs, and grace transcends.
And in proportion as they've thriv'n,
Men should the Lord with wealth adore.
But when from a contracted store
You by small means attain great ends,
Then virtue tow'rs, and grace transcends.
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