NCH 644
What shall we offer our good Lord,
Hymn Text
Verse 1
What shall we offer our good Lord,
Poor nothings, for his boundless grace
Fain would we his great name record
And worthily set forth his praise.
Poor nothings, for his boundless grace
Fain would we his great name record
And worthily set forth his praise.
Verse 2
Great object of our growing love,
To whom our more than all we owe,
Open the fountain from above
And let it our full souls o'erflow.
To whom our more than all we owe,
Open the fountain from above
And let it our full souls o'erflow.
Verse 3
So shall our lives 'Thy pow'r proclaim,
Thy grace for ev'ry sinner free:
Till all mankind shall learn Thy name,
Shall all stretch out their hands to Thee.
Thy grace for ev'ry sinner free:
Till all mankind shall learn Thy name,
Shall all stretch out their hands to Thee.
Verse 4
Open a door which earth and hell
May strive to shut, but strive in vain,
Let Thy word richly in us dwell,
And let our gracious fruit remain.
May strive to shut, but strive in vain,
Let Thy word richly in us dwell,
And let our gracious fruit remain.
Verse 5
O multiply the sower's seed!
And fruit we very hour shall bear.
Throughout the world1hy gospel spread.
Thy everlasting truth declare.
And fruit we very hour shall bear.
Throughout the world1hy gospel spread.
Thy everlasting truth declare.
Verse 6
We all, in perfect love renewed,
Shall know the greatness of Thy pow’r,
Stand in the temple of our God
As pillars, and go out no more.
Shall know the greatness of Thy pow’r,
Stand in the temple of our God
As pillars, and go out no more.
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