WE GIVE THEE BUT THINE OWN – EMHB 923
Author: William Walsham How (1823-1897)
Tune: Cambridge
Bible Reference: 1st Chronicles 29 : 14
Introduction:
The writer of this Hymn, William W. How was described as one of the most conscientious and well loved of all Victorian Clergymen. He was educated in Shrewsbury in England where his father was a Solicitor. He started writing Hymns as a young boy for services which he held with his brother and stepsister. He was ordained in 1846 and after several refusals, he became the Bishop of the new Industrial Diocese of Wakefield in West Yorkshire in 1889.
How wrote about Fifty-four Hymns.
The above Hymn was written in 1864 and was based on 1st Chronicles 29:15. “All things come from thee and of thine own have we given thee”.
William How reminds us that all that we have belongs to God when we give anything to him, we are only giving back some of what has been given us. He asks God to bless us with his bounties so as to give him our first fruits and also to believe God’s word though our faith is small, we should remember that whatever we give to God already belongs to Him.
Please join me in singing this melodious Hymn with a heart of thanksgiving.
EMHB 923
1. We give Thee but Thine own,
Whate’er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.
2. May we Thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as Thou blessest us,
To Thee our first-fruits give.
3. O hearts are bruised and dead,
And homes are bare and cold,
And lambs, for whom the Shepherd bled,
Are straying from the fold.
4. To comfort and to bless,
To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless
Is angels’ work below.
5. The captive to release,
To God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace,
It is a Christ-like thing.
6. And we believe Thy word,
Though dim our faith may be,
Whate’er for Thine we do, O Lord,
We do it unto Thee.
Author: William Walsham How (1823-1897)
Tune: Cambridge
Bible Reference: 1st Chronicles 29 : 14
Introduction:
The writer of this Hymn, William W. How was described as one of the most conscientious and well loved of all Victorian Clergymen. He was educated in Shrewsbury in England where his father was a Solicitor. He started writing Hymns as a young boy for services which he held with his brother and stepsister. He was ordained in 1846 and after several refusals, he became the Bishop of the new Industrial Diocese of Wakefield in West Yorkshire in 1889.
How wrote about Fifty-four Hymns.
The above Hymn was written in 1864 and was based on 1st Chronicles 29:15. “All things come from thee and of thine own have we given thee”.
William How reminds us that all that we have belongs to God when we give anything to him, we are only giving back some of what has been given us. He asks God to bless us with his bounties so as to give him our first fruits and also to believe God’s word though our faith is small, we should remember that whatever we give to God already belongs to Him.
Please join me in singing this melodious Hymn with a heart of thanksgiving.
EMHB 923
1. We give Thee but Thine own,
Whate’er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.
2. May we Thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as Thou blessest us,
To Thee our first-fruits give.
3. O hearts are bruised and dead,
And homes are bare and cold,
And lambs, for whom the Shepherd bled,
Are straying from the fold.
4. To comfort and to bless,
To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless
Is angels’ work below.
5. The captive to release,
To God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace,
It is a Christ-like thing.
6. And we believe Thy word,
Though dim our faith may be,
Whate’er for Thine we do, O Lord,
We do it unto Thee.
Adesegun Akitoye
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