Thy pound hath gain’d the pounds, not I,
Not I, who all but sin disclaim:
My Saviour did the grace supply,
I nothing can, I nothing am,
Thou wrought’st in me to will and do,
Thou shalt have all the glory too.
Thy pound hath gain’d the pounds, not I
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.”—[Luke] xix. 16. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 266.
Publishing: Public Domain