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676. Bless Thou the Gifts Our Hands Have Brought

1. Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought;
Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought:
The rest, O God, is in Thy hand.

Text Information
First Line: Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought
Title: Bless Thou the Gifts Our Hands Have Brought
Author: Samuel Longfellow (1886)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: This is the fourth stanza of Longfellow's hymn "Thou, Lord of Life."
Tune Information
Name: DAS WALT' GOTT VATER
Composer: Daniel Vetter (1713)
Adapter: Johann S. Bach
Meter: LM
Incipit: 13553 12313 56176
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Musicalische Kirch-und Haus-Ergötzlichkeit, part 2 (Leipzig, Germany: 1713)
Copyright: Public Domain



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