What Shall We Bring to Thee?

What shall we bring to Thee?

What shall our of­fer­ing be

On this Thy na­tal morn?

For Thou

O Christ

hast come to earth—

A vir­gin mo­ther gave Thee birth—

For our re­demp­tion born.

The whole cre­ation broad

Gives praise and thanks to God

Who gave His on­ly Son;

And list! the bright an­gel­ic throng

Their hom­age yield in sweet­est song

For peace on earth be­gun.

The heav­ens their glo­ry shed

The star shines o’er His head

The pro­mised Christ and King;

And wise men from the lands afar

Led by the bright­ness of the star

Their trea­sured of­fer­ings bring.

What shall we give Thee now?

Lowly the shep­herds bow

Have we no gift to bring?

Our wor­ship

lo

we yield to Thee

All that we are

and hope to be—

This is our of­fer­ing.