Take my life, and let it be
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Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. 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. Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King; take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee. Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. 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. Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure-store; take my self, and I will be ever, only, all for thee. |
Vitam tibi, Domine, consecratam suscipe ut momenta sic dies laudibus fac uberes. Cape tu manus meas et amore dirigas, tibi dum mei pedes pulchri sint et celeres. Cape vocem: sit meum soli tibi canticum; ora tu reple mea: verba nuncupent tua. Opum mihi minimam partem ne retineam; mentis huius acie ut libebit utere. Haec voluntas non mihi sed oboediat tibi; pectus hoc accipias, rex ut ibi sedeas. Mihi quantus est amor totum tibi largior; cape me, tibique ero semper omnis unico. |