Have Thine own way, Lord
Have Thine own way, Lord. Adelaide Addison Pollard* (1862-1934).
This hymn was written in 1902 when Pollard was unhappy and frustrated in her failure to raise funds to enable her to go to Africa as a missionary. Based on Jeremiah 18: 1-6, it was written after a prayer meeting in which Pollard acknowledged her submission to God’s will, using Jeremiah’s description of the clay in the potter’s hand:
Have Thine own way, Lord! have Thine own way!Thou art the Potter, I am the clay.Mold me and make me after Thy will,While I am waiting, yielded and still.
Have Thine own way, Lord! have Thine own way!Search me and try me, Master, today!Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,As in Thy presence...
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