| 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 |
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| Audio recording: | |