Text: | Thy life was given for me |
Author: | Frances Ridley Havergal |
Tune: | WALTHAM |
Composer: | William H. Monk |
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 | |
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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 | |
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Name: | WALTHAM |
Composer: | William H. Monk (1889) |
Meter: | 6 6, 6 6, 6 6 |
Key: | F Major |