{"slug": "we-give-thee-but-thine-own", "title": "We Give Thee But Thine Own", "first_line": "We Give Thee But Thine Own", "author": "william-walsham-how", "author_date": "1858", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Stewardship", "Offering", "Service"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "William Walsham How (1823-1897), \"We Give Thee But Thine Own,\" written 1858. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "We give Thee but Thine own, What -- e'er the gift may be; All that we have is Thine a -- lone, A trust, O Lord, from Thee.", "prose": ["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": {"syllabified": "May we Thy boun -- ties thus, As stew -- ards true re -- ceive; And glad -- ly, as Thou bless -- est us, To Thee our first -- fruits give.", "prose": ["May we Thy bounties thus,", "As stewards true receive;", "And gladly, as Thou blessest us,", "To Thee our first-fruits give."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O hearts are bruised and dead, And homes are bare and cold; And lambs for whom the Shep -- herd bled Are stray -- ing from the fold.", "prose": ["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": {"syllabified": "To com -- fort and to bless, To find a balm for woe; To tend the lone and fa -- ther -- less Is an -- gels' work be -- low.", "prose": ["To comfort and to bless,", "To find a balm for woe;", "To tend the lone and fatherless", "Is angels' work below."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The cap -- tive to re -- lease, To God the lost to bring; To teach the way of life and peace, It is a Christ -- like thing.", "prose": ["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": {"syllabified": "And we be -- lieve Thy word, Though dim our faith may be; What -- e'er for Thine we do, O Lord, We do it un -- to Thee.", "prose": ["And we believe Thy word,", "Though dim our faith may be;", "Whate'er for Thine we do, O Lord,", "We do it unto Thee."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}