Scripture Verse

He died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him. 2 Corinthians 5:15

Introduction

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Charles J. Vincent, Jr. (1852–1934)

Words: Theo­dore Mo­nod, 1874. Mo­nod, a Pa­ri­sian, wrote these words, in Eng­lish, dur­ing a ser­ies of con­se­cra­tion meet­ings in Broad­lands, Hamp­shire, Eng­land, in Ju­ly 1874. At the close of the meet­ings, he gave them to Lord Mount-Tem­ple, who had them print­ed on a pro­gram card for a ser­ies of si­mi­lar meet­ings at Ox­ford in Oc­to­ber 1874.

Music: St. Jude Charles J. Vin­cent, Jr., in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal Sup­ple­ment with Tunes, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1912), num­ber 100 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mo­nod (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Vin­cent,

Lyrics

O the bit­ter shame and sor­row,
That a time could ev­er be,
When I let the Sav­ior’s pi­ty
Plead in vain, and proud­ly an­swered,
All of self, and none of Thee!

Yet He found me; I be­held Him
Bleeding on th’ac­curs­èd tree,
Heard Him pray, For­give them, Fa­ther!
And my wist­ful heart said faint­ly,
Some of self, and some of Thee!

Day by day His ten­der mer­cy,
Healing, help­ing, full and free,
Sweet and strong, and ah! so pa­tient,
Brought me low­er, while I whis­pered,
Less of self, and more of Thee!

Higher than the high­est hea­vens,
Deeper than the deep­est sea,
Lord, Thy love at last hath con­quered:
Grant me now my sup­pli­ca­tion,
None of self, and all of Thee!