Lord Jesus, Take My Ransomed Life

Lord Jesus, take my ransomed life
And use it to Thy praise
Through service, suffering, strain or strife:
To Thee I yield my days.

2 Send where Thou wilt; there shall I go
To all the vast world wide,
To work, to weep, to wait, to sow
Till comes Thy harvest-tide.

3 I hold not dear to live or die,
But to complete my race,
My ministry -- to testify
The Gospel of Thy grace.

4 "He must increase, I must decrease"
Let me my days thus spend
Till I at last depart in peace,
Enduring to the end.

-- JPB Wednesday 22 August 2007

C.M.