SELF-SURRENDER by Wm. O. Stoddard

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 12, 1873

SELF-SURRENDER

By Wm. O. Stoddard

Lord, one deep trouble of my soul, From which I pray to be set free, Is that I cannot self control, And give up all the world for thee.

My weak, corrupt, deceptive heart, Whenever early lusts I flee, Like Ananias, yields a part, But will not give up all for thee.

Sapphira-like, false thoughts arise When, penitent, I bend the knee, To hold the world before mine eyes, And say, I gave it all for thee.

Well do I know how small the worth Of all the gains that here may be; But still my fond heart clings to earth, And will not give up all for thee.

Lord, make me victor in the strife! Thou who hast given so much for me, Teach me this parable of life, That I have NAUGHT to give for thee.

—Wm. O. Stoddard, in Independent.