Our Gifts to Jesus

What can we give to Je­sus

That He would prize the most?

That would

when known in Heav­en

Rejoice the an­gel host?

Not gold

nor pre­cious jew­els

Could such an of­fer­ing be;

These were a gift un­wor­thy

Of such a friend as He.

We’ll give our hearts to Je­sus;

No gift that we could bring

Would be a bet­ter pre­sent

For Christ

the child­ren’s king.

We may not go­vern rich­es

Our tal­ents may be few

Yet sure­ly there is some­thing

That we for Him may do.

He owns the love­ly flow­ers

The earth

and Heav’n ab­ove;

He asks us not for rich­es—

He on­ly wants our love.

We know that He will take us

For He has told us so;

He’ll pu­ri­fy and cleanse us

And wash us white as snow.

He’ll al­ways dwell with­in us

And make us sweet and mild

Just like the gen­tle Sav­ior

The sin­less ho­ly Child.