Take my Life and Let it Be - Hymn by Frances Havergal

This is a characteristic hymn from the pen of Miss Havergal, who has sometimes been called “The Theodocia of the 19th Century.”

“She was the daughter of a Church of England clergyman, born at Astley, Worcestershire, England, December 14, 1836. The type of her hymns is interesting and is by some accredited to an incident of her girlhood. When quite a young girl she visited the art gallery of Dusseldorf, Prussia, where she was attending school. She saw and was deeply impressed by the great picture of the head of Christ, the “Ecce Homo."[behold the man] The sight of this picture … evidently influenced her entire life.¹

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Lyrics 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 endless 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 myself, and I will be  
   ever, only, all for thee.