612. All things come of Thee, O Lord
From 1 Chron. 29:14.
This is one of the mostly widely used offertory responses, usually sung by a congregation during the consecration of the offering.
The setting of the words is significant in its conception of the spirit of sacrifice and worship. David was assembling the material with which Solomon might build the temple. The people and leaders brought their gifts, all voluntarily, with no mention of a tithe or temple tax. Gratitude for what God had done for them stirred their generosity and they counted it a privilege to give back to God what came to them from His hand.
MUSIC. The tune is an arrangement from Beethoven. The work from which it comes has not been identified.
For comments on Ludwig van Beethoven see [Hymn 10].