1 All things are Yours; nothing of ours,
we bring to You, Lord of all powers;
and hence with grateful hearts today
Your own before Your feet we lay.
2 Your will was in the builders' thought;
Your hand unseen amidst us wrought;
through mortal motive, scheme and plan,
Your wise eternal purpose ran.
3 In weakness and in want we call
on You, for whom the heavens are small;
Your glory is Your children's good,
Your joy, Your tender fatherhood.
4 O Lord, be pleased these walls to bless;
fill with Your love their emptiness,
and let their door become a way
to lead us to eternal day.
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First Line: | All things are Yours; nothing of ours |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Topic: | The Temple: Dedication of Buildings |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | O WALY WALY |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | English Traditional Melody; Arr.: Compilers of Church Hymnary, 3rd ed., 1973 |