Take My Life And Let It Be
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I n P raise
of H ymn
Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days; let
them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be swift
and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice, and let me sing
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be filled
with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold; not a
mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect, and use every
power as Thou shalt choose.
Take my will, and make it Thine; it
shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own; it
shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord, I pour at
Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be ever, only,
all for Thee.
Reviewing Great Christian Hymns
Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)
The daughter of a Church rector, she
was raised in Worcester, England
and attended schools in England
and Germany. She... became an able
scholar (... proficient in both Hebrew
and Greek) and a talented singer and
pianist.
She told the story of how she prayed
“Lord, give me all in this house!” And
He just did! Rejoicing in the salvation
of all the occupants of household she
said ,”Before I left the house everyone
had got a blessing”, I passed most of
the night in praise and renewal of my
own consecration, and these little
couplets formed themselves and
chimed in my heart one after another,
till they finished with, “Ever, ONLY,
ALL for Thee!”
www.challies.com/articles/hymn-stories-take-my-life-and-let-it-be
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In her own words, the hymn is a
“consecration hymn” in which the
singer commits all of her possessions
and being to the Lord for His
purposes. It expresses what each of
us ought to feel and long for, even
if at times we see so much disparity
between the words and our actual
state that we have to sing most of it in
hope and faith.
www.songandpraise.org/take-my-life-and-let-it-be-favorite-hymn.htm