Text: | All Things Are THine |
Author: | John Greeleaf Whittier (1807-1892) |
Tune: | GARDINER |
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 builder’s thought;
Thy hand unseen amidst us wrought;
Thro’ mortal motive, scheme and plan,
Thy wise, eternal purpose ran.
3 No lack Thy perfect fullness knew;
For human needs and longings grew
This house of prayer- this home of rest.
Here may Thy saints be often blessed.
4 In weakness and in want we call
On Thee, for whom the heav’ns are small;
Thy glory is Thy children’s good,
Thy joy Thy tender Fatherhood.
5 O Father! deign these walls to bless;
Make this the abode of righteousness,
And let these doors a gateway be
To lead us from ourselves to Thee!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | All things are Thine; no gift have we, Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee |
Title: | All Things Are THine |
Author: | John Greeleaf Whittier (1807-1892) (1872) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Christian Church: Church Dedication |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GARDINER |
Meter: | L.M. |
Incipit: | 51712 56711 17627 |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Source: | Wm. Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815 |
Notes: | Lower key, No. 177 |