They Gave Him Their Treasures

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They gave Him their treasures those wise men of old

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds
Tune: [They gave Him their treasures]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 They gave Him their treasures,
Those wise men of old,
Their treasures of spices
And perfumes and gold.
No gift they could bring
Was too costly or rare
To lay at the feet
Of the Infant so fair.

Refrain:
O, have you a gift for the Savior?
He asks for your treasures today;
Is aught too precious to give Him?
O, say, can you answer Him nay?

2 We can not lay gifts
At His feet as did they,
But gifts we can offer
To Jesus today;
Our help to the poor
And despised we can bring,
And giving to them
Is a gift to our king. [Refrain]

3 The hungry and thirsting
And sinful are here,
And—list to a voice
That is tender and clear:
"The treasures you give
Unto these that you see,
Lo! I will accept
As if given to Me." [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13247

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Author: Jessie Brown Pounds

Jessie Brown Pounds was born in Hiram, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on 31 August 1861. She was not in good health when she was a child so she was taught at home. She began to write verses for the Cleveland newspapers and religious weeklies when she was fifteen. After an editor of a collection of her verses noted that some of them would be well suited for church or Sunday School hymns, J. H. Fillmore wrote to her asking her to write some hymns for a book he was publishing. She then regularly wrote hymns for Fillmore Brothers. She worked as an editor with Standard Publishing Company in Cincinnati from 1885 to 1896, when she married Rev. John E. Pounds, who at that time was a pastor of the Central Christian Church in Indianapolis. A memorab… Go to person page >

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First Line:	They gave Him their treasures those wise men of old
Title:	They Gave Him Their Treasures
Author:	Jessie Brown Pounds
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O, have you a gift for the Savior?
Copyright:	Public Domain