Common Tune

Hymn

We Give Thee But Thine Own

ST. MICHAEL · S.M. · words William Walsham How · music William Crotch

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We Give Thee But Thine Own to for and re may the a are ards the God find homes stew e'er bare lost balm true gift bring; woe; cold; ceive; be; com cap hearts we give and bruised boun but tive fort are Thy Thee 1. We May to 5. The 4. To 3. O 2. lease, bless, dead, thus, own, To To And As What re to and ties Thine Christ work from first Lord, like be the fruits from stray is an Thee trust, a gels' ing our O thing. low. fold. give. Thee. the the for ly, we teach tend lambs glad that way lone whom as have To To And And All peace, less bled us, lone, and ther herd is a It Is Are To A est of and the Thou life fa bless Shep Thine 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. William Walsham How, 1858 ST. MICHAEL S.M. William Crotch, 1836

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.

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