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Oh to be my verse an answering gleam from higher radiance caught
— Frances Ridley Havergal
Oh to be my verse an answering gleam from higher radiance caught
Teach us, Master, how to giveWholly, only Thine to be.
Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
If washed in Jesus' blood,Ask, "What would Jesus do?"
Only, stay by his side(For He knows the loss,) — can we refuse?
Jesus, Master, I am Thine;Oh, be Thou my All in All.
Earthly joy can take but a bat-like flight, always checked, always limited, in dusk and darkness. But the love of Christ breaks through the vaulting, and leads us up into the free sky above, expanding to the very throne of Jehovah, and drawing us still upward to the infinite heights of glory.
It is not that I feel less weak, but ThouAnd feel that Thou art near, and know that I am blest.
I take this pain, Lord Jesus,On Thine own breast.
Oh, give Thine own sweet rest to me,To weary ones in needful hour.
All the lessons He shall sendIs completest.
Upon Thy word I rest.My King, I rest upon Thy word forever.
Jesus, my life is Thine,Thy life from mine.
