524. I lift my heart to thee

1 I lift my heart to thee,
Saviour Divine;
for thou art all to me,
and I am thine.
Is there on earth a closer bond than this —
that my Belovèd’s mine, and I am his?

2 Thine am I by all ties;
but chiefly thine,
that through thy sacrifice
thou, Lord, art mine.
By thine own cords of love, so sweetly wound,
around me, I to thee am closely bound.

3 To thee, thou bleeding Lamb,
I all things owe —
all that I have, and am,
and all I know.
All that I have is now no longer mine,
and I am not mine own; Lord, I am thine.

4 How can I, Lord, withhold
life’s brightest hour
from thee; or gathered gold,
or any power?
Why should I keep one precious thing from thee;
when thou hast given thine own dear self for me?

5 I pray thee, Saviour, keep
me in thy love,
until death’s holy sleep
shall me remove
to that fair realm where, sin and sorrow o’er,
thou and thine own are one for evermore.

Text Information
First Line: I lift my heart to thee
Author: Charles Edward Mudie, 1818-1890
Meter: 6.4.6.4.10.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: General Hymns: Service and Witness
Tune Information
Name: ST WULSTAN
Composer: Ivor Algernon Atkins, 1869-1953 (1916)
Meter: 6.4.6.4.10.10
Key: E♭ Major



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