Number: 117
English: Tune: HON 1987 #240
Title: Hide Not Your Talent
Name: 
Words: Sam Jones
Music: Wm. A. Huntley (Arr.)
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Hide not your tal¤ent in the earth,
This is the Lord’s com¤mand,
Your life and all that there per¤tains
Leave in the Mas¤ter’s hands.
How can the Lord in¤crease and bless
That which you do not give?
The life of self must fall and die
If you would tru¤ly live.

Hide not your light, let oth¤ers see
In you His power to save,
Lest they should per¤ish with¤out hope
And fill a Christ¤less grave,
Then seek to man¤i¤fest His name
In all you say and do;
Their hope of ev¤er¤last¤ing life
May now de¤pend on you.

Your tal¤ent God will mul¤ti¤ply,
And to your mind un¤fold
The rich¤es of His pre¤cious truth,
And treas¤ures new and old.
The a¤gents of the e¤vil one
Re¤joice with fiend¤ish mirth
At those who care¤ful¤ly con¤ceal
Their tal¤ents in the earth.

You say God is an aus¤tere man,
And yet you do not know
He reaps that which He hath not sown,
But have you proved it so?
You judge Him by your car¤nal mind,
Your heart de¤void of grace
Has nev¤er yet been yield¤ed up,
To be His dwell¤ing place.

O, come and prove His yoke is sweet,
His bur¤den light to bear,
A loy¤al, faith¤ful friend is He,
Who will thy sor¤rows share.
Yield Him your heart, your life, your all,
And let His mind con¤trol,
God’s love and peace will sat¤is¤fy,
His rest will fill your soul.

O, come and buy of Heav¤en’s gold,
So pre¤cious, tried and pure,
And rai¤ment white, God’s right¤eous robe,
Which ev¤er shall en¤dure.
Let God a¤noint your eyes to see
How rich His bound¤less store
For those who serve and hon¤our Him,
Both now and ev¤er¤more.