Words: , 1886; this is the fourth stanza of Longfellow’s hymn “Thou, Lord of our life, our saving health.” Music: Das Walt’ Gott Vater, , Musicalische Kirch-und Haus-Ergötzlichkeit, part 2 (Leipzig, Germany: 1713); adapted and harmonized by . |
Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought;
Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought:
The rest, O God, is in Thy hand.