213. We give Thee but thine own
W. W. How, 1823-97
Based on Prov. 19:17: “He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord.” It is a hymn on Christian giving and liberality, sounding the real humanitarian note, a side of religion which an effective and virile hymnology cannot ignore. It may appropriately be sung by choir or congregation in the dedication of the offering. (See comments at [611].)
For comments on W. W. How see [Hymn 144].
MUSIC. SCHUMANN, a fine short-meter tune, is ascribed to Robert Schumann but it seems as if no one has ever found anything among his musical writings from which the tune could have been derived. It appeared in Lowell Mason’s Cantica Laudis in 1850.
For comments on Schumann see [Hymn 296].