Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another.
Daniel 5:17
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), Volume 2, number 1300, alt.
Music: Julian Frederick C. Maker, before 1901 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Maker (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
What hath this wretched world to give
Which Christians can with joy receive?
Its goods for one short moment stay,
And pass insensibly away:
I seek a permanent reward;
The favor of my glorious Lord,
The gift unspeakable be mine,
And all the heav’n of love divine.