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.
Author: Samuel Longfellow
Year: 1886
This is a short offertory hymn written by Samuel Longfellow (1819–1892), a Unitarian minister and hymnwriter. It first appeared in his 1886 collection 'Hymns and Verses' (sometimes dated to around 1880 in hymnals). No significant alternate attributions exist.