The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11207

11207. A Song Of Consecration

1 I ask, O Lord, in simple faith
This one request of Thee,
That, consecrated to Thy work,
My life may henceforth be;
O teach me how the lost to win,
Poor wandering souls to seek,
Direct my footsteps where to go,
And give me words to speak.

2 O grant me strength to labor still,
Where’er Thou bid’st me toil,
To persevere with cheerful heart
Though rough may be the soil;
If called to suffer for Thy sake,
O let me not repine,
But follow where my duty leads,
And have no will but Thine.

3 Thy blessèd Spirit may I show,
Thy pure, unselfish love;
And thro’ Thy grace some wand’rer guide
To life and peace above;
To watch and wait and work for Thee,
Be this my constant care;
O grant me access to Thy throne,
Through humble, grateful, prayer.

Text Information

• First Line: I ask, O Lord, in simple faith
• Title: A Song Of Consecration
• Author: Fanny Crosby
• Meter: CMD
• Language: English
• Source: Young People's Songs of Praise, by I. Allan Sankey (Chicago: Biglow & Main, 1902)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: some hymnals show the author as Lyman G. Cuyler, one of Crosby's pseudonyms

Tune Information

• Name: BLACKWELL
• Composer: Hart Pease Danks (1902)
• Meter: CMD
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain