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SDA Hymnal 376

All Things Are Thine

Words: John Greenleaf WhittierMusic: John B. DykesTune: BEATITUDOC.M.

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1All things are Thine; no gift have we,
Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee;
And hence with grateful hearts today,
Thine own before Thy feet we lay.

2Thy will was in the builder's thought;
Thy hand hath all our longings wrought;
Through mortal motive, scheme and plan,
Thy wise, eternal purpose ran.

3No lack Thy perfect fullness knew;
For us the daily bread renew;
In house of prayer and praise this home
Of rest. Here may Thy children come.

4In weakness and in want we call
On Thee, for whom the heavens are small;
Thy glory is Thy children's good,
Thy joy Thy tender fatherhood.

5O Father! deign these walls to bless;
Make this the abode of righteousness;
Here let Thy gate and fortress be
Thy lead us from ourselves to Thee!

Meter
C.M.
Scripture
1 Chronicles 29:14; Psalm 24:1

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The verse

Meter
8.8.8.8 · the hymnal prints C.M.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 62% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”

Verse 1

All things are Thine; no gift have we,//˘/˘/˘˘8A
Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee;/˘//˘/˘/8A
And hence with grateful hearts today,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
Thine own before Thy feet we lay.//˘///˘/8B

Verse 2

Thy will was in the builder's thought;/˘˘˘˘/˘/8A
Thy hand hath all our longings wrought;////˘/˘/8A
Through mortal motive, scheme and plan,//˘/˘/˘/8B
Thy wise, eternal purpose ran.//˘/˘/˘/8B

Verse 3

No lack Thy perfect fullness knew;˘//˘//˘/8A
For us the daily bread renew;˘˘˘/˘/˘/8A
In house of prayer and praise this home˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
Of rest. Here may Thy children come.˘//˘//˘/8C

Verse 4

In weakness and in want we call˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
On Thee, for whom the heavens are small;˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A*
Thy glory is Thy children's good,//˘˘//˘/8B
Thy joy Thy tender fatherhood.////˘/˘/8B

Verse 5

O Father! deign these walls to bless;˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Make this the abode of righteousness;/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘9B
Here let Thy gate and fortress be////˘/˘˘8C
Thy lead us from ourselves to Thee!//˘˘˘/˘/8C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.