Lord, take my heart, my wan­der­ing heart,
To Thee its pow­ers be­long;
Cast out each thought of un­be­lief,
And fill me now with song.

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Since Thou to pur­chase life for me
Thy pre­cious blood hast shed,
Take all I have for­ev­er dear,
But give Thy­self in­stead.

Take from my soul its dross, re­fine,
Its ev­ery sin re­move;
Cast out the id­ols I have made,
And fill me with Thy love.

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Take Thou my days and let my hours
Be spent alone for Thee;
O give me strength my cross to bear,
Whate’er that cross may be.

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And when be­fore Thy throne I stand,
My toil and la­bor o’er,
I’ll strike the harp Thy hand has tuned,
And praise Thee ev­er­more.

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