The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10705

10705. O God! To Thee Our Hearts Would Pay

1 O God! to Thee our hearts would pay
Their gratitude sincere,
Whose love hath kept us, night and day,
Throughout another year.

2 Of every breath, and every power,
Thou wast the gracious source;
From Thee came every happy hour
Which smiled along its course.

3 And if sometimes across our path
A cloud its shadows threw,
Thou didst not waft it there in wrath,
But loving-kindness true.

4 For joy and grief alike we pay
Our thanks to Thee above;
And only pray to grow each day
More worthy of Thy love.

Text Information

• First Line: O God! to Thee our hearts would pay
• Title: O God! To Thee Our Hearts Would Pay
• Author: William Gaskell
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson (Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 4th ed., 1849)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: AZMON
• Composer: Carl Gläser (1828)
• Arranger: Lowell Mason (1839)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain