The Hymnbook ‎#313

313. All Things Are Thine; No Gift Have We

1 All things are Thine; no gift have we,
Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee;
And hence with grateful hearts today
Thine own before Thy feet we lay.

2 Thy will was in the builders' thought;
Thy hand unseen amidst us wrought;
Through mortal motive, scheme, and plan,
Thy wise eternal purpose ran.

3 In weakness and in want we call
On Thee for whom the heavens are small;
Thy glory is Thy children's good,
Thy joy Thy tender Fatherhood.

4 O Father, deign these walls to bless;
Fill with Thy love their emptiness;
And let their door a gateway be
To lead us from ourselves to Thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: All things are Thine: no gift have we
• Title: All Things Are Thine; No Gift Have We
• Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1873)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 4:7
  ;
  Colossians 1:19
• Topic: Commitment; Dedication Services: Of a Church; God: Love and Fatherhood; Stewardship; Life in Christ: Stewardship
• Copyright: Words used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company, authorized publishers.

Tune Information

• Name: GERMANY
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815