My life, my love I give to Thee
My life, my love I give to Thee. Ralph E. Hudson* (1843-1901).
First published in Hudson’s Salvation Echoes (1882). It was headed ‘I’ll Live for Him’, from the opening words of the refrain:
I’ll live for Him who died for me, How happy then my life shall be! I’ll live for Him who died for me, My Savior and my God!
There were three stanzas:
My life, my love, I give to Thee, Thou Lamb of God, who died for me; O may I ever faithful be, My Savior and my God!
I now believe Thou dost receive, For Thou hast died that I might live; And now henceforth I’ll trust in Thee, My Savior and my God!
O Thou who died on Calvary, To save my soul and make me free, I’ll consecrate my life to Thee, My Savior and...
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