SELF-CONSECRATION by R. E. G.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 27, 1876

SELF-CONSECRATION

By R. E. G.

My God, help me to give Myself, my all, to thee; To Him alone henceforth to live, Who gave himself for me. For me the Saviour died, So wretched and undone; For me the Lord was crucified, E'en for so vile a one.

He left the courts of bliss And glory up on high; Came to redeem a world like this, For sin condemned to die. For me he felt the smart, For me endured the cross; Melt, O my adamantine heart! Be purged away, my dross.

Let love so undeserved, In me find some return; Let this poor heart by it preserved, With gratitude now burn. Return, my willing soul, To Him who sought for thee; Yield all thy powers to His control, Who bled to make thee free.

Ah! each attempt how vain, How feeble every move, That fain would bring to him again, An offering for his love. Help me to give my all To Thee, my chief delight; The gift is so exceeding small, 'Tis nothing in my sight.

Ye angels near the throne, Help me to speak his praise! 'Tis not in all the earth alone To celebrate his grace! Such boundless love, supreme, Such pure, transcendent grace, Language can never reach the theme, Tongue cannot tell the praise!

R. E. G.

Jan. 1, 1876.