Valley Lilies

Valley lilies, meek and lowly,
Let me hear your message sweet,
Tell of Christ the pure and holy,
Bending as to touch His feet.

Snowy lilies of the valley,
Speak again your message rare;
Testify to me of Jesus,
Heaven’s Lily, wondrous fair!

Valley lilies, golden hearted,
Love’s sweet mission you fulfill,
For you tell in perfumed language,
How He wrought His Father’s will.

Valley lilies, cups inverted,
Still the Master you proclaim:
Empty of all pomp and glory,
To redeem the world He came.

Author: Fanny Crosby

Year: 1895

Fanny Crosby (Frances Jane Crosby) wrote hundreds of hymns in the late 19th century, many of which use floral imagery and were published in collections by W. H. Doane and others. This text matches her style and appears in period hymnals under her name (sometimes credited as 'F. J. Crosby'). No strong alternate attributions found.