1 I lift my heart to thee,
Saviour Divine;
for thou art all to me,
and I am thine.
Is there on earth a closer bond than this —
that my Belovèd’s mine, and I am his?
2 Thine am I by all ties;
but chiefly thine,
that through thy sacrifice
thou, Lord, art mine.
By thine own cords of love, so sweetly wound,
around me, I to thee am closely bound.
3 To thee, thou bleeding Lamb,
I all things owe —
all that I have, and am,
and all I know.
All that I have is now no longer mine,
and I am not mine own; Lord, I am thine.
4 How can I, Lord, withhold
life’s brightest hour
from thee; or gathered gold,
or any power?
Why should I keep one precious thing from thee;
when thou hast given thine own dear self for me?
5 I pray thee, Saviour, keep
me in thy love,
until death’s holy sleep
shall me remove
to that fair realm where, sin and sorrow o’er,
thou and thine own are one for evermore.
Source: CPWI Hymnal #524
Mudie, Charles Edward, the founder of the well-known library which bears his name, was born at Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Oct. 18, 1818. In 1872 he collected his poems and published them as Stray Leaves (2nd ed., 1873). Several poems on Scriptural subjects, and a few hymns are included in the volume. The hymn by which he is best known is "I lift my heart to Thee, Saviour divine" (His and Mine). It is from the Stray Leaves, and is in several hymnbooks, including the Scottish Evangelical Union Hymnal, 1878; Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, and many others. It is marked by great beauty and tenderness of expression. Several of Mr. Mudie's hymns, which are not in common use are worthy of attention. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder]
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