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Text:Take my Heart, O Father! Take it
Author:Anon.
Tune:TALMAR
Composer:Isaac B. Woodbury

254. Take my Heart, O Father! Take it

1 Take my heart, O Father! take it;
Make and keep it all Thine own;
Let Thy Spirit melt and break it--
This proud heart of sin and stone.

2 Father, make me pure and lowly,
Fond of peace and far from strife;
Turning from the paths unholy
Of this vain and sinful life.

3 Ever let Thy grace surround me,
Strengthen me with power divine,
Till Thy cords of love have bound me:
Make me to be wholly Thine.

4 May the blood of Jesus heal me,
And my sins be all forgiven;
Holy Spirit, take and seal me,
Guide me in the path of heaven.

Text Information
First Line: Take my heart, O Father! take it
Title: Take my Heart, O Father! Take it
Author: Anon.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Consecration
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: TALMAR
Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury
Meter: 8s, 7s.
Key: E Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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