Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.
1 Peter 3:15
Words: Ernest G. Wesley, in The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal (New York: Methodist Book Concern, 1911), number 148.
Music: Lerman Joseph W. Lerman, 1911 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know where to get a good photo of Lerman (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Wesley,
[This hymn] was written one day for a special service, for which [Wesley] could not find just the appropriate hymn. It is based on a phrase frequently used by the evangelist E. P. Hammond in his children’s meetings, which the author of this hymn attended many years since.
Carl Fowler Price
The Christian Advocate, November 28, 1912
Jesus, take this heart of mine;
Cleanse from sin and make it Thine.
Thou for me hast bled and died;
I to Thee my heart confide.
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Jesus, take this heart of mine,
Make it ever, wholly Thine;
May I daily watch and pray:
Never from Thy path to stray.
Jesus, take these hands of mine;
Hold them in Thy power divine;
Safe am I when led by Thee,
I Thy child would ever be.
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Jesus, take these feet of mine;
May they to Thy paths incline;
May I never from Thee stray;
Keep me faithful day by day.
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Jesus, take this heart of mine;
May it with Thy glory shine;
I would live for Thee alone;
Make me, keep me, all Thine own.
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