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Text:Thy life was given for me
Author:Frances Ridley Havergal
Tune:WALTHAM
Composer:William H. Monk

67. 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 Thy Father's home of light,
Thy rainbow-circled throne,
Were left for earthly night,
For wanderings sad and lone.
Yea, all was left for me:
Have I left aught for Thee?

4 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?

5 O let my life be given,
My years for Thee be spent;
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent.
Thou gav'st Thyself for me,
I give myself to Thee.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Thy life was given for me
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1858. a)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: The Church Year: Lent
Tune Information
Name: WALTHAM
Composer: William H. Monk (1889)
Meter: 6 6, 6 6, 6 6
Key: F Major



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