That thy stock may never cease,
That thy little may increase,
Gladly of that little give,
Poor thyself, the poor relieve;
The great prophet entertain,
Sure eternally to gain
All the infinite reward,
All the glory of thy Lord.
That thy stock may never cease
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail.”—[I. Kings] xvii. 16. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 177.
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