Together in Song ‎#439

439. What shall we offer our good Lord

1 What shall we offer our good Lord,
poor nothings, for his boundless grace?
Fain would we his great name record
and worthily set forth his praise.

2 Great object of our growing love,
to whom our more than all we owe,
open the fountain from above,
and let it our full souls o’erflow.

3 So shall our lives thy power proclaim,
thy grace for every sinner free,
till all the world shall learn thy name,
shall all stretch out their hands to thee.

4 Open a door which earth and hell
may strive to shut, but strive in vain;
let thy word richly in us dwell,
and let our gracious fruit remain.

5 O multiply the sower’s seed!
and fruit we every hour shall bear,
throughout the world thy gospel spread,
thy everlasting truth declare.

Text Information

• First Line: What shall we offer our good Lord
• Author: August Gottlieb Spangenberg, 1704-92
• Translator: John Wesley, 1703-91
• Meter: 88.88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 1:22-25
  ;
  2 Corinthians 9:6-12
  ;
  Colossians 3:16-17
  ;
  John 15:1-5
  ;
  John 15:16-17
  ;
  Luke 8:11-15
  ;
  Mark 4:1-9
  ;
  Mark 4:10-20
  ;
  Matthew 13:3-9
  ;
  Matthew 13:23
  ;
  Micah 6:6-8
  ;
  Psalm 116:12-19
  ;
  Revelation 3:7-13
  ;
  Romans 3:21-26
• Topic: Confidence; Evangelism; Grace; Mission/Sending; People of God; Truth; Witness; Word of God; Worship: The Offering

Tune Information

• Name: DUKE STREET
• Composer (attributed to): John Hatton, ?-1793
• Meter: 88.88
• Key: D Major