Scripture Verse

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15

Introduction

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Howard Doane (1832–1915)

Words: Rich­ard Jukes, in Prais­es of Je­sus, ed­it­ed by Ed­ward P. Ham­mond (New York: Will­iam B. Brad­bu­ry, 1865), pag­es 30–31.

Music: Goa W. How­ard Doane, in The Vio­let, ed­it­ed by Au­gus­tus D. Fill­more (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: R. W. Car­roll, 1867), page 64 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Richard Jukes
(1804–1867)

Lyrics

My heart is fixed, eter­nal God,
Fixed on Thee, fixed on Thee;
And my im­mor­tal choice is made,
Christ for me, Christ for me.
He is my pro­phet, priest and king,
Who did for me sal­va­tion bring;
And while I’ve breath I mean to sing,
Christ for me! Christ for me!

In Him I see the God­head shine,
Christ for me, Christ for me;
He is the ma­jes­ty di­vine,
Christ for me! Christ for me!
The Fa­ther’s well-be­lov­èd Son,
Co-part­ner of His roy­al throne,
Who did for hu­man guilt atone,
Christ for me! Christ for me!

Today as yes­ter­day the same,
Christ for me, Christ for me;
How pre­cious is His balmy name,
Christ for me, Christ for me;
Christ, a mere man, may an­swer you,
Who er­ror’s wind­ing path pur­sue;
But I with part can nev­er do,
Christ for me! Christ for me!

Let oth­ers boast of heaps of gold,
Christ for me, Christ for me;
His rich­es nev­er can be told,
Christ for me, Christ for me;
Your gold will waste and wear away,
Your hon­ors per­ish in a day,
My por­tion nev­er can decay,
Christ for me! Christ for me!

In pin­ing sick­ness or in health,
Christ for me, Christ for me;
In deep­est pov­er­ty, or wealth,
Christ for me, Christ for me;
And in that all im­port­ant day,
When I the sum­mons must ob­ey,
And pass from this dark world away,
Christ for me! Christ for me!