Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee, "Say, poor sin ner, lov'st thou Me?" A - men.

Our misdeeds to Thee confess - ing, On Thy name we humbly call.

That which Thou wouldst have me, make me; Let Thy will in

1 TAKE me, O my Father, take me;

Take me, save me, through Thy Son;
That which Thou wouldst have me,
make me;

Let Thy will in me be done.

2 Long from Thee my footsteps straying,
Thorny proved the way I trod;
Weary come I now, and praying,
Take me to Thy love, my God.

3 Fruitless years with grief recalling,
Humbly I confess my sin;

At Thy feet, O Father, falling,
To Thy household take me in.

4 Freely now to Thee I proffer

This relenting heart of mine;
Freely life and soul I offer,

Gift unworthy love like Thine.

5 Father, take me; all forgiving,
Fold me to Thy loving breast;
In thy love for ever living

I must be forever blest.

Ray Palmer, 1864

1

BECAUSE I knew

not when my life was good,
And when there was a light upon my path,
But turned my soul perversely to the dark,
O Lord, I do repent.

2 Because I held upon my selfish road,
And left my brother wounded by the way,
And called ambition duty, and pressed on,
O Lord, I do repent.

3 Because I spent the strength Thou gavest me
In struggle which Thou never didst ordain,
And have but dregs of life to offer Thee,
O Lord, I do repent.

4 Because I was impatient, would not wait,

And thrust my impious hand across Thy threads,
And marred the pattern drawn out for my life,
O Lord, I do repent.

5 Because Thou hast borne with me all this while,
Hast smitten me with love until I weep,
Hast called me as a mother calls her child,

O Lord, I do repent.

Sarah Williams, 1868