Lord, I Come at Last to Thee

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Lord, I come at last to Thee

Author: Annie Wright Marston
Tune: CHESILTON
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1 Lord, I come at last to Thee,
After long delay,
Bringing all I have and am,
At Thy feet to lay;
It is lawful for Thee, Lord,
To possess Thine own;
And that what Thou hast redeem’d,
Should be Thine alone.

2 Yet I have been holding back,
Fearing what might be,
If I said that what is Thine
Should be all for Thee;
Trembling lest on some fair prize
Thou shouldst lay Thine hand;
Or some work impossible
Straightway should command.

3 But Thou hast been showing me
Thy delight to bless,
And how only those are rich
Whom Thou dost possess;
How, by giving all to Thee,
I can nothing lose;
And that what is fully Thine
Thou wilt fully use.

4 Then, since Thou dost welcome me
On Thy wealth to live;
And, in giving me Thyself,
Thou dost all things give—
All I know I give Thee now,
Nothing shall be mine;
What I know not Thou wilt take—
All alike is Thine.

5 And when Thou shalt show to me
Thy surrendered one,
Something to be given up,
Something to be done—
I may never stay to ask,
Shall it be or no?
Since my all belongs to Thee,
Given long ago.

Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #465

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Author: Annie Wright Marston

Marston, Annie Wright, daughter of Dr. C. H. Marston of Devizes, Wiltshire, was born at Uley, Gloucestershire, in 1852. To the 2nd ed. of Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1890, Miss Marston contributed at the request of Mrs. Evan Hopkins several hymns, of which the following were retained in the new and enlarged edition (the 3rd), 1902, and are in common use:— 1. I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast shown. Christ All in All. 2. It shall be now; Lord, from my heart I say it. Surrender to Christ. 3. Lord, I come at last to Thee. Surrender to Christ. 4. Now the Lord our souls has fed. Holy Communion. Also in the Church Missionary Hymn Book, 1899. 5. O Lord, I come to Thee. Christ our strength. 6. This day the… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lord, I come at last to Thee
Title:	Lord, I Come at Last to Thee
Author:	Annie Wright Marston
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1902
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.