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First Line: Thou hast thy record in the monarch's hall
Last Line: One lowly offering of exceeding love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary


Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached
in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath
done, be told for a memorial of her.
-------MATTHEW, 26.13. -- SEE ALSO JOHN, 12.3.

Thou hast thy record in the monarch's hall;
And on the waters of the far mid sea;
And where the mighty mountain-shadows fall,
The alpine hamlet keeps a thought of thee:
Where'er, beneath some Oriental tree,
The Christian traveler rests -- where'er the child
Looks upward from the English mother's knee,
With earnest eyes in wondering reverence mild,
There art thou known -- where'er the Book of Light
Bears hope and healing, there, beyond all blight,
Is borne thy memory, and all praise above:
Oh! say what deed so lifted thy sweet name,
Mary! to that pure silent place of fame?
One lowly offering of exceeding love.





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