The Gifts He Gave Me
How ioorthless of vote the things that. arc mine, What can I give Him, /, only a child. (lire 'to tlir Saviour, the Lamb undcfilrd f Oh, what have I to lay at If is shrine' Caskets of myrrh, frankincense, and of gold, These arc the gifts He received, I am told, flut where, tell me where, do I buy such thingsf To offer the Saviour, beloved King of Kings. I'rrhaps I could give Him my life, and my love, Sweet hymns of praise, raise to hearen above, Thanking the Father for the gift lie gave me, In sending His Son my Saviour to he. Humble I am, rare gifts I have none. Hilt great or small, lie acccpts every one, For was He not, too, so humbly horn, Away in a manger that first Christmas mornt The irorld la redeem from transgression and sin, The lore and obcdicnce of all men to win, To bid them their quarrels and wars all to cease, Came the Great God of mercy, of love and of pence. Oh,, tho' I have nothing to offer to JJim, His love for me will never grow dim, And as I walk thro' life's narrow way I'll remember that first Christmas Day.
(By Valerie Barnes, Dryden Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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