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Hymn: The offerings to thy throne which rise (FL)

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

Lyics

The 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.