F R. Havergal
THY Life was given for me,
Thy Blood, O Lord, was shed,
That I might ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead,
Thy Life, Thy Life was given for me;
What have I given for Thee?
Thy Life, Thy Life was given for me;
What have I given for Thee?
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Long years were spent for me
In weariness and woe,
That through eternity
Thy glory I might know,
Long years, long years were spent for me,
Have I spent one for Thee?
Long years, long years were spent for me,
Have I spent one for Thee?
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Thy Father’s Home of light,
Thy rainbow-circled Throne,
Were left for earthly night,
For wanderings sad and lone;
Yea, all, yea, all was left for me;
Have I left aught for Thee?
Yea, all, yea, all was left for me;
Have I left aught for Thee?
4
Thou, Lord, hast borne for me
More than my tongue can tell
Of bitterest agony;
To rescue me from hell;
Thou sufferedst, sufferedst all for me;
What have I borne for Thee?
Thou sufferedst, sufferedst all for me;
What have I borne for Thee?
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And Thou hast brought to me
Down from Thy Home above
Salvation full and free
Thy pardon and Thy love:
Great gifts, great gifts Thou broughtest me;
What have I brought to Thee?
Great gifts, great gifts Thou broughtest me;
What have I brought to Thee?
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O let my life be given,
My years for Thee be spent;
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent;
Thou gav’st, Thou gav’st Thyself for me,
I give myself to Thee.
Thou gav’st, Thou gav’st Thyself for me,
I give myself to Thee.