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MADEIRA

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Way Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 53332 12265 11232 Used With Text: The All-Seeing God

We Bring No Glittering Treasures

Author: Harriet C. Phillips Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 115 hymnals Lyrics: 1 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. 2 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. 3 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. Used With Tune: MADEIRA Text Sources: Hymns for Sunday Schools by G. Lane and P. P. Sandford (New York: 1842)

The All-Seeing God

Author: Florence S. Smith Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: As Hagar in the desert Lyrics: 1 As Hagar in the desert, Thrust forth by blows and strife, Sat lonely by the well side, Aweary of her life, There came the angel message, Arise and homeward fare; For, though the wild seemed empty, The mighty God was there. 2 When secret sins beset me, And temptings snare my feet, Till hid from human vision I think their fruits are sweet; Thy presence hovers o’er me, I cannot hide or flee— O thought how dread and awful, That Thou, God, seest me. 3 When turned from paths of evil, I dare not seek Thy face, But kneel in deep abasement Before the throne of grace; When only tears are telling The prayers I bring to Thee, O thought how sweet and tender, That Thou, God, seest me. 4 When, lost in life’s great desert, Worn out by sin and strife, I sit beside the fountain Where springs the stream of life, Send Thou the angel message; Let my one comfort be, Still, still, where’er I wander, That Thou, God, seest me. Used With Tune: MADEIRA Text Sources: The International Lesson Hymnal (Chicago: David C. Cook, 1878)

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The All-Seeing God

Author: Florence S. Smith Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9891 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D First Line: As Hagar in the desert Lyrics: 1 As Hagar in the desert, Thrust forth by blows and strife, Sat lonely by the well side, Aweary of her life, There came the angel message, Arise and homeward fare; For, though the wild seemed empty, The mighty God was there. 2 When secret sins beset me, And temptings snare my feet, Till hid from human vision I think their fruits are sweet; Thy presence hovers o’er me, I cannot hide or flee— O thought how dread and awful, That Thou, God, seest me. 3 When turned from paths of evil, I dare not seek Thy face, But kneel in deep abasement Before the throne of grace; When only tears are telling The prayers I bring to Thee, O thought how sweet and tender, That Thou, God, seest me. 4 When, lost in life’s great desert, Worn out by sin and strife, I sit beside the fountain Where springs the stream of life, Send Thou the angel message; Let my one comfort be, Still, still, where’er I wander, That Thou, God, seest me. Languages: English Tune Title: MADEIRA

We Bring No Glittering Treasures

Author: Harriet C. Phillips Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8480 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 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. 2 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. 3 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. Languages: English Tune Title: MADEIRA

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Harriet Phillips

1806 - 1884 Person Name: Harriet C. Phillips Author of "We Bring No Glittering Treasures" in The Cyber Hymnal Phillips, Harriet Cecilia, was born in Sharon, Connecticut, in 1806, and was for many years an active worker in Sunday Schools in New York city. She contributed five hymns to the Rev. W. C. Hoyt's Family and Social Melodies, 1853, and has also written for various magazines. "We bring no glittering treasures" (Sunday School Anniversary), was written circa 1848 for a Sunday School Festival in New York city, and published in the Methodist Episcopal Hymns, 1849 (Nutter's Hymn Notes, 1884, p. 31l). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)