God loveth a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Words: Fidelia H. DeWitt, in Missionary Songs, edited by Edmund S. Lorenz (New York: Lorenz & Company, 1880), number 23, alt.
Music: William J. Kirkpatrick (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of DeWitt (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Hear the pennies dropping,
Listen while they fall,
Every one for Jesus,
He will get them all.
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Dropping, dropping,
Dropping, dropping,
Hear the pennies fall;
Every one for Jesus,
He will get them all.
Dropping, dropping ever,
From each little hand,
’Tis our gift to Jesus,
From His little band.
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Now, while we are little,
Pennies are our store;
But when we are older,
We will give Thee more.
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Tho’ we have not money,
We can give Him love;
He receives our offering,
Smiling from above.
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