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Text:Kept for Jesus
Author:Edith G. Cherry
Tune:[Oh, to be "Kept for Jesus!"]
Composer:I. Allen Sankey

7. 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.

Chorus:
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. [Chorus]

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

4 Oh, to be "Kept for Jesus!"
Oh, to be all His own!
Kept, to be His forever,
Kept to be His alone! [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Oh, to be "Kept for Jesus!"
Title: Kept for Jesus
Author: Edith G. Cherry
Refrain First Line: Oh, to be "Kept for Jesus!"
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Consecration
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Oh, to be "Kept for Jesus!"]
Composer: I. Allen Sankey
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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