707 The Christian Life

 

1. Take my life, and let it be

consecrated, Lord, to thee;

take my moments and my days,

let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands, and let them move

at the impulse of thy love;

take my heart, it is thine own;

it shall be thy royal throne.

 

2. Take my voice, and let me sing

always, only, for my King;

take my intellect, and use

every power as thou shalt choose.

Take my will, and make it thine;

it shall be no longer mine.

Take my self, and I will be

ever, only, all for thee.

 

Words: Frances Fidley Havergal (1836-1879), alt. Music: Hollingside, John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)