My Prayer

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Take me O Lord, I now can see

Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney
Tune: [Take me, O Lord, I now can see]
Published in 10 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Take me, oh Lord, I now can see
Thy precious will is best for me;
Just as I am, tho’ weak and small,
I yield my life, my all.

Chorus:
Just as I am, oh take me,
Bend me, oh Lord, or break me,
Mould me, oh Lord, and make me
After Thy will divine.

2 Men me, oh Lord, with all my pride
Let selfish plans be crucified;
Oh, mend and purge this heart of mine,
Give me a heart like Thine. [Chorus]

3 Make me, oh Lord, completely Thine,
Fill Thou my life with pow’r divine;
Own me, and use me, Lord, I pray,
Thro’-out life’s little day. [Chorus]

Source: Pilot Hymns #136

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Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney

Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Wor… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Take me O Lord, I now can see
Title:	My Prayer
Author:	Baylus Benjamin McKinney
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Just as I am, O take me
Publication Date:	1929
Copyright:	Public Domain