# The Gifts of Christ

Language: en  
Author: by Katharine A\. Hodge  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of The Remnant, January/February 2006, Number 1  
Source pages: 36  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/article-f1f8d898-1108-4e49-9e62-b12667509107/>
Original PDF: 2006\-01\-02\-remnant\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of The Remnant, January/February 2006](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2006-01/>)

![A wooden vessel and long pestle beside a sunlit window, with the poem printed over the photograph](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/images/articles/f1f8d898-1108-4e49-9e62-b12667509107-1.jpg>)

**Hast thou a sin?  
Some heavy weight that feign would hinder thee  
From running well? To have Christ’s liberty,  
O captive soul, let go; let go, and see  
Where Jesus will begin\.**

**Hast thou a care?  
Then roll that care of thine on to God;  
‘Tis not His wish for thee to bear that load;  
Leave it with Him, and thou wilt tread life’s road  
As if thou walked on air\.**

**Hast thou Christ’s joy?  
The share the happiness He gives with those  
Who’s lives are brimming o’re with human woes;  
His joy transcendeth all, and fuller grows,  
This, nothing can destroy\.**

**Hast thou His peace?  
Christ’s peace that passeth human thought and ken,  
So calm, so pure and deep\. ‘Tis only when  
We know such restfulness—but not ‘till then—  
All fretfulness can cease\.**