706 | Glory to God#707 | 708 |
Text: | Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord |
Author (sts. 1-3; st. 4): | William H. Foulkes |
Tune: | HALL |
Composer: | Calvin Weiss Laufer |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Take thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
grant us in all our thoughts to honor thee.
2 Take thou our hearts, O Christ; they are thine own;
come thou within our souls and claim thy throne;
help us to shed abroad thy deathless love;
use us to make the earth like heaven above.
3 Take thou our wills, Most High! Hold thou full sway;
have in our inmost souls thy perfect way;
guard thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
guide thou our ordered lives as thou dost please.
4 Take thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
through our surrendered souls thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to thee: time, talents, all;
we hear, and henceforth heed, thy sovereign call.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Take thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray |
Title: | Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord |
Author (sts. 1-3; st. 4): | William H. Foulkes (1918; 1920 c.) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Commitment; Dedication and Stewardship; Evangelism(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HALL |
Composer: | Calvin Weiss Laufer (1918) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
This hymn began with the tune, which the composer hummed to the author with a request for a text that would challenge the hearts and minds of young people. The text of the first three stanzas was written that day, and the fourth stanza later emerged at a youth conference.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |