Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The offerings to thy throne which rise
Topic: Public Worship/Opening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> Bowring
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 695
Page Number: 416, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe offerings to thy throne which rise,
Of mingled praise and prayer,
Are but a worthless sacrifice
Unless the heart is there.
Upon thine all-discerning ear
Let no vain words intrude;
No tribute but the vow sincere,--
The tribute of the good.
My offerings will indeed be blest,
If sanctified by thee,--
If thy pure Spirit touch my breast
With its own purity.
O, may that Spirit warm my heart
To piety and love,
And to life's lowly vale impart
Some rays from heaven above.