Your ShelfYour Projects

Take and Keep

14%

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 22, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 43.

Read the full edition

Take and Keep

By Mrs. W. M. Hunter.

TAKE my life: I give it, Lord, Into thy dear hand, And with humble, childlike trust, Yield to thy command.
Not a mite would I withhold Master, dear, from thee. Since each blessing I enjoy Thou hast given me.
Everything I hold is thine; Nothing is my own; And my life thou gavest me As a gracious loan — Take it, Lord, for I am weak, To use it in thy name; But thy hand will never err, Guide through joy or pain.
Keep my life, O Lord divine! Every passing day; Cleanse my heart from secret sin, Purge its guilt away. Hide me in thy secret place, ’Neath thy wings of love; Let thy peace and joy be mine, Rich gifts from above.
Take my life: I would be used In service for my King; Let my heart its joy proclaim, My voice thy praises sing. Keep my life, O guard it, Lord, Water it each day; Fill it with thy Spirit’s power, Be my guide and stay.
— Mrs. W. M. Hunter.