Voices Together ‎#759

759. Take My Life, and Let It Be

1 Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

2 Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee,
swift and beautiful for thee.

3 Take my intellect and use
ev’ry pow’r as thou shalt choose.
Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee,
filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee,
ever, only, all for thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Take my life, and let it be
• Title: Take My Life, and Let It Be
• Author: Frances R. Havergal
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 extended
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Luke 7:36-38
  ;
  Luke 12:13-21
  ;
  Luke 12:32-34
  ;
  Luke 21:1-4
  ;
  Romans 12:1-2
• Topic: Baptism; Commitment; Discipleship; Love for God; Ordination; Sending; Service; Union with Christ
• Source: Songs of Grace and Glory, Appendix, 1874

Tune Information

• Name: HENDON
• Composer: Henri Abraham César Malan (1827)
• Harmonizer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 extended
• Key: G Major
• Source: harm. Lowell Mason (USA), Carmina Sacra, 1841