Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: We give thee but thine own
Topic: Christian Benevolence
Writer: W How
Composer: George Kingsley
Meter: SM
Tune: Ferguson
Hymn Number: 363
Page Number: 121, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWE GIVE thee but thine own,
Whate'er the gift may be:
All that we have is thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from thee.
May we thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as thou blessest us,
To thee our first-fruits give.
To comfort and to bless,
To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless,
Is angels' work below.
The captive to release,
To God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace-
It is a Christ-like thing.
And we believe thy word,
Though dim our faith may be,
Whate'er for thine we do, O Lord,
We do it unto thee.