Priceless Treasure

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Priceless is thy treasure

Author: Howard B. Grose (1901)
Tune: CASTLE EDEN
Published in 4 hymnals

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1. Priceless is thy treasure,
Book of grace divine,
Here, in love’s own measure,
God’s heart speaks to mine.

2. Joy my soul is swelling,
As these lines I scan;
God’s own message telling
Of His love for man.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #5675

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Author: Howard B. Grose

Born: September 5, 1851, Millerton, New York. Died: May 19, 1939, Ballston Spa, New York. Buried: Ballston Spa, New York. Grose attended the University of Chicago, Illinois, and the University of Rochester, New York (AB 1876, AM 1880). He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1883, and served at the First Baptist Church, Poughkeepsie, New York (1883-87) and the First Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1888-90). He also served as president of the University of South Dakota (1890-92), taught history at the University of Chicago (1892-96), was assistant editor of The Watchman in Boston, Massachusetts (1896-1900), and editorial secretary for the American Baptist Home Mission Society (1904-10), and edited the Missions journal for 23 yea… Go to person page >

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