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| Text: | I gave My life for thee |
| Author: | Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879 |
| Tune: | BACA |
| Composer: | W. H. Havergal, 1793-1870 |
1 I gave My life for thee,
My precious blood I shed,
That thou might'st ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead.
I gave My life for thee;
What hast thou given for Me?
2 I spent long years for thee
In weariness and woe,
That an eternity
Of joy thou mightiest know.
I spent long years for thee;
Hast thou spent one for Me?
3 And I have brought to thee,
Down from My home above,
Salvation full and free,
My pardon and My love.
Great gifts I brought to thee;
What hast thou brought to Me?
4 Oh, let thy life be given,
Thy years for Me be spent,
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent;
I gave Myself for thee;
Give thou thyself to Me?
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | I gave My life for thee |
| Author: | Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1917 |
| Topic: | Blood of Christ; Christ: Blood of; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Evangelism |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BACA |
| Composer: | W. H. Havergal, 1793-1870 |
| Meter: | 6.6.6.6.6.6 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
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