826    8.7.     J. Hart
God’s Goodness for the Poor. Ps. 68. 10

1 O how good our gracious God is!
  What rich feasts does he provide!
  Bread and wine to feed our bodies;
  But much more is signified:
  All his sheep (amazing wonder!)
  Feeds he with his flesh and blood;
  Where’s the power can ever sunder
  Souls united thus to God?

2 When we take the sacred symbols
  Of his body, bread and wine;
  While the heart relents and trembles,
  We rejoice with joy divine;
  Jesus makes the weakest able,
  Feeds us with his flesh and blood;
  Needy beggars at his table
  Are the welcome guests of God.

3 Cease thy fears, then, weak believer;
  Jesus Christ is still the same,
  Yesterday, today, for ever,
  Saviour is his unctuous name;
  Lowliness of heart, and meekness
  To the bleeding Lamb belong;
  Trust to him, and by thy weakness
  Thou shalt prove that Christ is strong.