Tis not so much the bulk of grace

Verse 1
Tis not so much the bulk of grace
God minds, as the sincerity:
Our goodness, whether more or less,
Is equal all, O Lord, to Thee.

Verse 2
Of the true manna from above
Who gathers much, has none to spare;
And with the smallest taste of love
Fill’d, as with all thy heaven, we are.

Verse 3
How can we then complain or boast
Who feel our interest in that blood?
Possessing either least, or most,
By faith we all are sons of God:

Verse 4
Fathers their heavenly Father knew,
Whom children have but lately known,
Yet proving God benignly true,
Fathers and babes in Christ are one.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He that gathered much had nothing over and he that gathered little had no lack.’—[Exod.] 16:18.” This hymn appears in the 1783 manuscript “MS Scriptural Hymns.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/576, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. 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 48.
Publishing: Public Domain