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Text:Have Thine Own Way, Lord
Author:Adelaide A. Pollard (1862-1934)
Tune:[Have thine own way, Lord!]
Composer:George C. Stebbins (1846-1945)

145. Have Thine Own Way, Lord

1 Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter,
I am the clay!
Mold me and make me
After thy will,
While I am waiting,
Yielded and still.

2 Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Search me and try me,
Master, today!
Purer than snow, Lord,
Wash me just now,
As in thy presence
Humbly I bow.

3 Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Wounded and weary,
Help me, I pray!
Power all power
Surely is thine!
Touch me and heal me,
Savior divine!

4 Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Hold o’er my being
Absolute sway!
Fill with thy Spirit
’Til all shall see
Christ only, always,
Living in me!

Text Information
First Line: Have thine own way, Lord!
Title: Have Thine Own Way, Lord
Author: Adelaide A. Pollard (1862-1934)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Hymns and Songs: Baptism and Conversion
Tune Information
Name: [Have thine own way, Lord!]
Composer: George C. Stebbins (1846-1945)
Key: E♭ Major



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