Who should the worth of each oblation tell?
Now as poor Jachin took the usual round,
And saw the alms and heard the metal sound,
He had a thought - at first it was no more
Than - “these have cash and give it to the poor.”
A second thought from this to work began -
“And can they give it to a poorer man?”
Proceeding thus, - “My merit could they know;
And knew my need, how freely they’d bestow;
But though they know not, these remain the same,