Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#233

233. Thy life was given for me

1 Thy life was given for me,
Thy blood, O Lord, was shed,
That I might ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead;
Thy life was given for me:
What have I given for Thee?

2 Long years were spent for me
In weariness and woe,
That through eternity
Thy glory I might know;
Long years were spent for me:
Have I spent one for Thee?

3 And Thou hast brought to me,
Down from Thy home above
Salvation full and free,
Thy pardon and Thy love;
Great gifts Thou broughtest me:
What have I brought to Thee?

4 Oh, let my life be given
My years for Thee be spent;
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent;
Thou gavest Thyself for me,
I give myself to Thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Thy life was given for me
• Author: Frances R. Havergal (1858)
• Meter: 6s, 6l.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Christ: Prophet; Christ: Our Substitute; Consecration; Lent

Tune Information

• Name: HAVER
• Composer: William H. Havergal
• Meter: 6s, 6l.