Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee

Worcester Cathedral (The Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin), Worcester, England, United Kingdom

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Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) was a British poet from a family with  a high proportion of Church of England priests in it.

Hymn Source = Service Book and Hymnal (1958), of predecessor bodies of the American Lutheran Church (1960) and the Lutheran Church in America (1962)

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1 Take my life, and let it be

Consecrated, Lord, to thee;

Take my moments and my days,

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.

3 Take my voice, and let me sing

Always, only, for my King;

Take my lips, and let them be

Filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold,

Not a mite would I withhold;

Take my intellect, and use

Every power as thou shalt choose.

5 Take my will and make it thine;

It shall be no longer mine;

Take my heart, it is thine own,

It shall be thy royal throne.

6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour

At thy feet its treasure-store;

Take thyself, and I will be

Ever, only, all for thee.