Scripture Verse

Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase. Proverbs 3:9

Introduction

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Charlotte A. Barnard
(1830–1869)

Words: How­ard B. Grose, The En­dea­vor Hym­nal (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1901), num­ber 136.

Music: Bar­nard Char­lotte A. Bar­nard, 1864 (🔊 pdf nwc). She wrote this mu­sic to ac­com­pa­ny the se­cu­lar lyr­ics Take Back the Heart That Thou Gav­est.

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Howard B. Grose (1851–1939)

Lyrics

Give of your best to the Mas­ter;
Give of the strength of your youth.
Throw your soul’s fresh, glow­ing ar­dor
Into the bat­tle for truth.
Jesus has set the ex­am­ple,
Dauntless was He, young and brave.
Give Him your loy­al de­vo­tion;
Give Him the best that you have.

Refrain

Give of your best to the Mas­ter;
Give of the strength of your youth.
Clad in sal­va­tion’s full ar­mor,
Join in the bat­tle for truth.

Give of your best to the Mas­ter;
Give Him first place in your heart.
Give Him first place in your ser­vice;
Consecrate ev­ery part.
Give, and to you will be giv­en;
God His be­loved Son gave.
Gratefully seek­ing to serve Him,
Give Him the best that you have.

Refrain

Give of your best to the Mas­ter;
Naught else is wor­thy His love.
He gave Him­self for your ran­som,
Gave up His glo­ry above.
Laid down His life with­out mur­mur,
You from sin’s ru­in to save.
Give Him your heart’s ado­ra­tion;
Give Him the best that you have.

Refrain