Text: | Make Me a Captive, Lord |
Author: | George Matheson |
Tune: | DIADEMATA |
Composer: | George J. Elvey |
Media: | Audio recording |
1. Make me a captive, Lord,
and then I shall be free.
Force me to render up my sword,
and I shall conqueror be.
I sink in life's alarms
when by myself I stand;
imprison me within thine arms,
and strong shall be my hand.
2. My heart is weak and poor
until it master find;
it has no spring of action sure,
it varies with the wind.
It cannot freely move
till thou hast wrought its chain;
enslave it with thy matchless love,
and deathless it shall reign.
3. My power is faint and low
till I have learned to serve;
it lacks the needed fire to glow,
it lacks the breeze to nerve.
It cannot drive the world
until itself be driven;
its flag can only be unfurled
when thou shalt breathe from heaven.
4. My will is not my own
till thou hast made it thine;
if it would reach a monarch's throne,
it must its crown resign.
It only stands unbent
amid the clashing strife,
when on thy bosom it has leant,
and found in thee its life.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Make me a captive, Lord |
Title: | Make Me a Captive, Lord |
Author: | George Matheson (1890) |
Meter: | SMD |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace: Personal Holiness; Aspiration and Resolve; Commitment(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DIADEMATA |
Composer: | George J. Elvey (1868) |
Meter: | SMD |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Media | |
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Audio recording: | Sample |