A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 51:17
Words: William C. Martin, in Crown of Beauty, edited by Leonard Daugherty & James H. Rosecrans (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, 1902), number 69.
Music: Fukuoka N. Keff Smith, 1902 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Smith (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
I bring my heart to Thee,
My ills I can not count,
That it may pure and cleansèd be
In Thy once opened fount.
Refrain
I will no more delay,
Before Thy throne I fall,
And at Thy precious feet I lay
My heart, my life, to Thee.
I give my life to Thee,
Lord, use it as Thou wilt;
The life for which on Calvary
Thy precious blood was spilt.
Refrain
If I have aught withheld,
I give it now, my Lord,
With Thee I am by love impelled
To be in sweet accord.
Refrain