Tell me not of earthly pleasures,
That may leave me in a day,
Like a shadow they are fleeting,
Like a dream they pass away.

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Tell of Him who came to save me,
Him who suffered, bled, and died;
With the love of Je­sus only,
Can my soul be satisfied.

Tell me not of earthly grandeur,
What to me its gilded show?
Dearer far the priceless treasure
Jesus purchased long ago.

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Tell me not of earthly glo­ry,
In the cross my boast shall be,
Where the Son of God extended,
Thro’ the eye of faith I see.

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Tell me more of life eter­nal,
Of my Sav­ior tell me more;
Oh, the simple, touching story,
Let me hear it o’er and o’er.

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