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Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
1. Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee.
2. Take Thou our hearts, O Christ, they are Thine own;
Come Thou within our souls and claim Thy throne;
Help us to shed abroad Thy deathless love;
Use us to make the earth like heaven above.
3. Take Thou our wills, Most High! Hold Thou full sway;
Have in our inmost souls Thy perfect way;
Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
Guide Thou our ordered lives as Thou dost please.
4. Take Thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
Through our surrendered souls Thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to Thee-- time, talents, all;
We hear, and henceforth heed, Thy sovereign call.
WORDS: William H. Foulkes Stanzas 1-3, 1918
MUSIC: Stanza 4, c. 1920Calvin Weiss Laufer, 1918
Scripture: John 8:32
Theme: Life in Christ