I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.
Philippians 3:8
Words: Henry B. Hartzler, 1888. Appeared in Towner’s Male Choir Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 Combined, edited by Daniel B. Towner (New York; Chicago, Illinois; & Toronto, Canada: Fleming H. Revell, 1894), page 12.
Music: Nathan B. Sargent (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Sargent (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
The treasures of earth are not mine,
I hold not its silver and gold:
But a treasure far greater is mine;
I have riches of value untold.
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Oh, the depths of the riches of love,
The riches of love in Christ Jesus,
Far better than gold, or wealth untold,
Are the riches of love in Christ Jesus.
The treasures of earth must all fail,
Its riches and honor decay,
But the riches of love that are mine,
Even death can not take them away.
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Compared with the riches of love,
The wealth of the world is but dross;
I will seek but Christ Jesus to win,
And for Him I count all things but loss.
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Come, take of the riches of Christ,
Exhaustless, and free is the store,
Of its wonderful fullness receive,
Till you hunger and thirst nevermore.
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