Hymn: O God, to thee our hearts would pay
- Title:
- First Line: O God, to thee our hearts would pay
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: William Gaskell
- Born: 1805
- Died: 1884
- Gender: M
Full Text
O God! to Thee our hearts would pay Their gratitude sincere, Whose love hath kept us, night and day, Throughout another year. Of every breath, and every power, Thou wast the gracious source; From Thee came every happy hour Which smiled along its course. And if sometimes across our path A cloud its shadows threw, Thou didst not waft it there in wrath, But loving-kindness true. For joy and grief alike we pay Our thanks to Thee above; And only pray to grow each day More worthy of Thy love.