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Christ at the Treasury

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 9, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 41.

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Christ at the Treasury

By Grace Webster Hinsdale

“Over against the treasury” He sits, To see what gift thou bringst to him. He knows The riches of thy store, and truly weighs The portion thou dost spare, to tell thy love. Thy Lord with patience sits, and waits for thee To drop the gold which on thy lagging soul So heavy hangs. He waits to tell thee how Thou shalt bestow thy better wealth of prayer And willing love. He asks not if thy gift Is gold or strength. He will accept the “mites” Dropped from thy widowed hands, or tenderly Receive the tears which thou hast shed for those Who mourn. Thou canst not here too lavish be Of love or wealth. If thou shouldst give thine all, It could not pay the debt thou owest to him! Ah, well it is for thee he does not look Upon the value of thy gift, nor count Thy life's fair acts; the spirit which shall prompt Thy offering he searches well, and thou Mayest look into his face to meet his smile If on the altar of his bleeding heart Thy will hath laid a consecrated life. — Grace Webster Hinsdale.