How cost­ly a gem

The phrase "How cost­ly a gem" resonates through 2 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“How cost­ly a gem”· 2 hymns found
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Though lof­ty or low­ly,
And nev­er forget, though lof­ty or low­ly,

How cost­ly a gem

Is the spir­it they bear.
There are souls that look yearn­ing­ly in­to your faces;

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Lyricist: Emily Bugbee, 1866
Composer: Southern Harmony
Hymn 1

...Though lof­ty or low­ly,

How cost­ly a gem

Is the spir­it they bear....

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Though lof­ty or low­ly,

How cost­ly a gem

Is the spir­it they bear.

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Ye Shall Shine as the Stars

Lyricist: From The Silver Song, 1870
Composer: William Ogden
Hymn 2

...And nev­er forget, though lof­ty or low­ly,

How cost­ly a gem is the spir­it they bear.

There are souls that look yearn­ing­ly in­to your faces;...

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And nev­er forget, though lof­ty or low­ly,

How cost­ly a gem is the spir­it they bear.

There are souls that look yearn­ing­ly in­to your faces;

Ye Shall Shine as the Stars

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