Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Not all the nobles of the earth
Topic: Christian Experience
Writer: S Stennett
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Ward
Hymn Number: 176
Page Number: 061, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNOT all the nobles of the earth,
Who boast the honors of their birth,
So high a dignity can claim,
As those who bear the Christian name.
To them the privilege is given
To be the sons and heirs of heaven-
Sons of the God who reigns on high,
And heirs of joy beyond the sky.
His will he makes them early know,
And teaches their young feet to go;
Imparts instruction to their minds,
And on their hearts his precepts binds.
Their daily wants his hands supply,
Their steps he guards with watchful eye;
Leads them from earth to heaven above,
And crowns them with eternal love.