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WE BRING NO GLITTERING TREASURES

Scripture Verse

Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him. Matthew 2:2

Introduction

Words: Har­ri­et C. Phil­lips, writ­ten for a Sun­day school fes­ti­val in New York Ci­ty. Pub­lished in Hymns for Sun­day Schools, by G. Lane & P. P. Sand­ford (New York: 1842).

Music: Ma­dei­ra D. B. Way, 1879 (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

We bring no glit­ter­ing trea­sures,
No gems from earth’s deep mine;
We come, with sim­ple mea­sures,
To chant Thy love di­vine.
Children, Thy fa­vors shar­ing,
Their voice of thanks would raise,
Father, ac­cept our of­fer­ing,
Our song of grate­ful praise.

The dear­est gift of Heav­en,
Love’s writ­ten word of truth,
To us is ear­ly given,
To guide our steps in youth.
We hear the won­drous sto­ry,
The tale of Cal­va­ry;
We read of homes in glo­ry,
From sin and sor­row free.

Redeemer, grant Thy bless­ing,
O, teach us how to pray!
That each, Thy fear pos­sess­ing,
May tread life’s on­ward way.
Then, where the pure are dwell­ing,
We’ll hope to meet again;
And, sweet­er num­bers swell­ing,
For ever praise Thy name.