The Best We Have

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jan 4, 1906

CHRIST wants the best. He in the far-off off ages Once claimed the firstling of the flock, the finest of the wheat; And still he asks his own with gentlest pleading To lay their hopes and talents at his feet. He’ll not forget the feeblest service, humblest love, He only asks that of our store we give him The best we have.

Christ gives the best. He takes the hearts we offer, And fills them with his glorious beauty, joy, and peace, And in his service we are growing stronger. The calls to grand achievement still increase. The richest gifts for us on earth, or in the heaven above, Are hid in Christ. In Jesus we receive The best we have.

And is our best too much? O friends, let us remember How once our Lord poured out his soul for us, And in the prime of his mysterious manhood Gave up his precious life upon the cross! The Lord of lords, by whom the worlds were made, Through bitter grief and tears gave us The best we have.

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