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Text:Take my life, and let it be
Author:Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)
Tune:ST BEES
Composer:John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)

787b. Take my life, and let it be

1 Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee;
take my moments and my days,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

2 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.

3 Take my voice, and let me sing
always, only, for my King;
take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold;
take my intellect, and use
every power as thou shalt choose.

5 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.

6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour
at thy feet its treasure-store;
take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee.

Text Information
First Line: Take my life, and let it be
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)
Meter: 77 77
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Commitment; Dedication: of people; Devotion (8 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST BEES
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
Meter: 77 77
Key: A♭ Major



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