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Text:We Give Thee but Thine Own
Author:William Walsham How
Tune:FRANCONIA
Adapter:William Henry Havergal
Composer:Johann Balthasar König

543. We Give Thee but Thine Own

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1 We give thee but thine own,
whate’er the gift may be:
all that we have is thine alone,
a trust, O God, from thee.

2 May we thy bounties thus
as stewards true receive,
and gladly, as thou blessest us,
to thee our first-fruits give.

Text Information
First Line: We give thee but thine own
Title: We Give Thee but Thine Own
Author: William Walsham How (1858)
Meter: 6 6 8 6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: The Church at Worship: Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Offering; Liturgical: Offertory; Service Music: Offering (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: FRANCONIA
Composer: Johann Balthasar König (1738)
Adapter: William Henry Havergal (1847)
Meter: 6 6 8 6
Key: E♭ Major



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