We give thee but thine own

We give thee but thine own. William Walsham How* (1823-1897). This offertory hymn was written in 1858, and first published in the enlarged edition of How and Morrell’s Psalms and Hymns (1864) in 6 stanzas of 4 lines each. The text in Church Hymns, 1871 (Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874), of which How was one of the editors, was:   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.   May we Thy bounties thus  As stewards true receive,And gladly, as Thou blessest us,  To Thee our first-fruits give.   Oh! hearts are bruised and dead;  And homes are bare and cold;And lambs, for whom the Shepherd bled  Are straying from the fold.   To...