| Song | Encouraged By Thy Word |
| Album | Most Popular Gospel Songs – Letter E |
| Genre | Contemporary Christian Music |
| Writer | John Newton |
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| Tags | Encouraged By Thy Word |
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Encouraged By Thy Word
Of Promise To The Poor;
Behold, A Beggar, Lord,
Waits At Thy Mercy’s Door!
No Hand, No Heart, O Lord, But Thine,
Can Help Or Pity Wants Like Mine.
The Beggar’s Usual Plea
Relief From Men To Gain,
If Offered Unto Thee,
I Know Thou Would’st Disdain:
And Pleas Which Move Thy Gracious Ear,
Are Such As Men Would Scorn To Hear.
I Have No Right To Say
That Though I Now Am Poor,
Yet Once There Was A Day
When I Possessed More:
Thou Know’st That From My Very Birth,
I’ve Been The Poorest Wretch On Earth.
Nor Can I Dare Profess,
As Beggars Often Do,
Though Great Is My Distress,
My Wants Have Been But Few:
If Thou Shouldst Leave My Soul To Starve,
It Would Be What I Well Deserve.
‘Twere Folly To Pretend
I Never Begged Before;
Or If Thou Now Befriend,
I’ll Trouble Thee No More:
Thou Often Hast Relieved My Pain,
And Often I Must Come Again.
Though Crumbs Are Much Too Good
For Such A Dog As I;
No Less Than Children’s Food
My Soul Can Satisfy:
O Do Not Frown And Bid Me Go,
I Must Have All Thou Canst Bestow.
Nor Can I Willing Be
Thy Bounty To Conceal
From Others, Who Like Me,
Their Wants And Hunger Feel:
I’ll Tell Them Of Thy Mercy’s Store,
And Try To Send A Thousand More.
Thy Thoughts, Thou Only Wise!
Our Thoughts And Ways Transcend,
Far As The Arched Skies
Above The Earth Extend:
Such Pleas As Mine Men Would Not Bear,
But God Receives A Beggar’s Prayer.
