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Bless Thou the Gifts
Verse 1
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.
Amen.
Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned;
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought;
The rest, O God, is in Thy hand.
Amen.
Written by Samuel Longfellow, brother of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this brief offertory response has been widely used in Protestant worship for dedication of gifts.