1 Thou did'st give Thyself to me
On the cross, where Thou did'st die;
I would give myself to Thee
While the days are going by.
Where the King, my Lord, may be,
There forever would I stay;
In the centre of Thy will
I would be, for now and aye.
Refrain:
All my days, and all my hours;
All my will, and all my powers;
all the passion of my soul,
Not a fragment, but the whole
Shall be Thine, dear Lord,
Shall be Thine, dear Lord.
2 Let the worldlings pass Thee by,
Nothing lovely in Thee see;
As a root in dreary ground
To the many thou may'st be:
Yet the passion of my soul
Goeth out to call Thee mine;
All the passion of Thy soul
Goeth out to call Thee mine. [Refrain]
3 Still the days are passing by,
End of time is coming on;
Days of service less and less,
Chances soon will all be gone.
Help me use the days that are,
Help me give my little all;
Labour on till Thou dost give
That last loving, homeward call. [Refrain]
Source: The Salvation Army Songs of Faith for Congregational Singing #54
Edward Henry Joy
Born: November 16, 1871, Canterbury, Kent, England.
Died: February 16, 1949, Cheam, Surrey, England.
Joy joined the Salvation Army (SA) in Canterbury, then played in the band at Folkestone, and became an SA officer in 1894. He went on serve the SA Corps at Tunstall, then the SA International headquarters in 1917, where he was Under Secretary in the Foreign Office. After 1919, he served as Immigration Secretary in western Canada, and in 1932 became editor-in-chief of The War Cry in South Africa. He rose to the rank of SA colonel, and retired in 1938.
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