Almighty Father, Heav’n and Earth

Almighty Fa­ther

Heav’n and earth

With lav­ish wealth be­fore Thee bow;

Those trea­sures owe to Thee their birth

Creator

Rul­er

Giv­er

Thou.

The wealth of earth

of sky

of sea

The gold

the sil­ver

spark­ling gem

The wav­ing corn

the bend­ing tree

Are Thine; to us Thou lend­est them.

To Thee

as ear­ly morn­ing’s dew

Our prais­es

alms

and pray­ers shall rise

As rose

when joy­ous earth was new

Faith’s pa­tri­arch­al sac­ri­fice.

We

Lord

would lay at Thy be­hest

The cost­li­est of­fer­ings on Thy shrine;

But when we give

and give our best

We give Thee on­ly what is Thine.

O Fa­ther

whence all bless­ings come;

O Son

dis­pen­ser of God’s store;

O Spir­it

bear our of­fer­ings home:

Lord

make them Thine for­ev­er­more.