Text: | Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord |
Author: | William H. Foulkes |
Tune: | HALL |
Composer: | Calvin W. Laufer |
1 Take thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor thee.
2 Take thou our hearts, O Christ, they are thine own;
Come thou within our souls and claim thy throne;
Help us to shed abroad thy deathless love;
Use us to make the earth like heaven above.
3 Take thou our wills, Most High! Hold thou full sway;
Have in our inmost souls thy perfect way;
Guard thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
Guide thou our ordered lives as thou dost please.
4 Take thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
Through our surrendered souls thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to Thee— time, talents, all;
We hear, and henceforth heed, thy sovereign call.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Take thou our minds, dear Lord |
Title: | Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord |
Author: | William H. Foulkes (1918, ca. 1920) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Service for the Lord's Day: Conclusion of Worship; Acts of the Church: Confirmation; Acts of the Church: Ordination(2 more...) |
Notes: | sts. 1-3, 1918; st. 4, ca. 1920 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HALL |
Composer: | Calvin W. Laufer (1918) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Key: | E♭ Major |