SENTENCES & RESPONSES
SDAH 670
We give Thee but Thine own,
What-e’er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.
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Introductions for Sabbath School Song Service (based on specific lesson quarterlies):
In 1858 William Walsham How (1823-1897;Biographies), wrote a hymn of six stanzas, of which this offertory sentence is the first stanza. The complete hymn was first published in 1864 in the second edition, enlarged, of Psalms and Hymns, compiled by the Reverend Thomas Baker Morrell, M.A., and the Reverend William Walsham How, M.A. It is based on part of David’s prayer as he thanked the Lord for the willing offering of material for the building of the temple: “For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee” (1 Chron. 29:14).
For comments on the tune SCHUMANN, see SDAH 409.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
We give Thee but Thine own,
What-e’er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) 1 Chron 29:14
Author
William Walsham How (1823-1897)
Year Published
1858
Hymn Tune
SCHUMANN
Metrical Number
S.M.
Tune Source
Mason and Webb’s Cantica Laudis, Boston, 1859
