David Hepburn is a retired minister-of-music, choir director, band director, missionary, teacher, and school president, and a fine tenor and trumpeter. His many compositions are a testament to the works of Jesus he has seen in the lives of others and in his own life.

David wrote this song for his musical Philippians - A Love Letter, basing it on Phiippians 3:7.

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Some things are worthless,
Some things are priceless,
And I must do the things I feel are best for me.

Things of momentary satisfaction have attraction,
But they draw my mind away from God's eternity.
If I seek the priceless things, the things of Christ, what joy it brings,
Then suddenly I feel I'm what I ought to be.
I'll put aside the worthless things, the momentary joy they bring,
In order that I might be one with Christ.

Oh, the joy, the real joy of knowing Je-sus Christ as Lord,
And trusting Him alone, and living by His word.

I don't mean to say I'm perfect- God's not finished yet.
But He's working in my heart my friend, and I have no regret.
My yesterdays are all behind, tomorrow's a brand new day!
With confidence I smile and sing;
With joy, I now can say:

Things of momentary satisfaction have attraction,
But they draw my mind away from God's eternity.
If I seek the priceless things, the things of Christ, what joy it brings,
Then suddenly I feel I'm what I ought to be.
I'll put aside the worthless things, the momentary joy they bring,
In order that I might be one with Christ.

Oh, the joy, the real joy of knowing Jesus Christ as Lord,
And trusting Him alone, and living by His word.

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MP3 sound sample: New Song Singers, 1976.



THE THINGS OF CHRIST by David Hepburn for SATB choir with piano comes in a pdf file of 228K, eight pages of music and a license page, nine pages in all. Performance time should be approximately three minutes.