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Text:Kept for Jesus
Author:Edith Gilling Cherry, 1872-1897
Tune:[Oh, to be Kept for Jesus]
Composer:Ira Allan Sankey
Media:MIDI file

3522. Kept for Jesus

1. Oh, to be Kept for Jesus!
Kept, by the power of God;
Kept from the world unspotted,
Treading where Jesus trod.

Refrain
Oh, to be Kept for Jesus!
Lord, at Thy feet I fall;
I would be nothing, nothing, nothing;
Thou shall be all in all.

2. Oh, to be Kept for Jesus!
Serving as He shall choose;
Kept for the Master’s pleasure;
Kept; for the Master’s use. [Refrain]

3. Oh, to be Kept for Jesus!
Kept from the world apart;
Lowly in mind and spirit,
Gentle and pure in heart. [Refrain]

4. Oh, to be Kept for Jesus!
Oh, to be all His own;
Kept, to be His forever,
Kept, to be His alone! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Oh, to be Kept for Jesus
Title: Kept for Jesus
Author: Edith Gilling Cherry, 1872-1897
Refrain First Line: Oh, to be Kept for Jesus!
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Oh, to be Kept for Jesus]
Composer: Ira Allan Sankey (1905)
Incipit: 33333 53543 24333
Key: Eā™­ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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