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A CHRISTMAS PRAYER, by                    
First Line: We open here our treasures and our gifts
Last Line: Accept the gift and all the life we bring.
Variant Title(s): A Christmas Offertory
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


We open here our treasures and our gifts;
And some of it is gold,
And some is frankincense,
And some is myrrh;
For some has come from plenty,
Some from joy,
And some from deepest sorrow of the soul.
But Thou, O God, dost know the gift is love,
Our pledge of peace, our promise of good will.
Accept the gift and all the life we bring.





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