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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
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About this Hymn
This hymn of Frances Ridley Havergal is so extremely helpful to us because it does not merely say we want to follow, or obey, or surrender but breaks down this idea into each of the most challenging categories—our hands and feet and where we go, our voice and lips and every word we speak, our silver and gold and every priority we have with money, our will and heart and what we will do in our future, and finally our affections—the things and the people we love.
Lyrics
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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, filled with messages from thee.
Verse 4
Take my silver and my gold— not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect and use ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose, ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose.
Verse 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, it shall be thy royal throne.
Verse 6
Take my love— my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store; take myself, and I will be ever, only all for thee, ever, only all for thee.
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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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, filled with messages from thee.
Verse 4
Take my silver and my gold— not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect and use ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose, ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose.
Verse 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, it shall be thy royal throne.
Verse 6
Take my love— my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store; take myself, and I will be ever, only all for thee, ever, only all for thee.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1874
Music: H. A. César Malan, 1837; harm. Lowell Mason, 1841, alt.
Music: H. A. César Malan, 1837; harm. Lowell Mason, 1841, alt.