We Give Thee But Thine Own

Verse 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.

Verse 2

May we Thy bounties thus As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as Thou blessest us,
To Thee our firstfruits give.

Verse 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.

Verse 4

To comfort and to bless,
To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless Is angels' work below.

Verse 5

The captive to release,
To God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace?
It is a Christlike thing.

Verse 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.