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Text:Power for Service
Author:Elisha Albright Hoffman
Tune:[Spirit of power, anoint me for service]
Composer:Benjamin Franklin Butts
Media:MIDI file

5688. Power for Service

1. Spirit of power, anoint me for service,
Spirit of holiness, cleanse Thou my heart;
Give to my soul of Thyself a new vision,
And a new measure of power impart.

Refrain
Fill me with power for service and use me;
Is there not some work my weak hands can do?
Make me a channel of life and of blessing,
And with the Spirit anoint me anew.

2. Not one lost soul have I won for Thy kingdom,
All of my life has been fruitless and waste;
Others have joy for the jewels ingathered;
May not my soul of this joy have a taste? [Refrain]

3. Never before has my soul so an hungered
For Thy infilling, O Spirit of love!
Come to the throne, be my Master and Ruler,
Reign Thou and draw my affections above. [Refrain]

4. Myself I yield in complete consecration,
Body and spirit and soul to be Thine;
Spirit of power, regard Thou my yearnings,
And fill Thou me with Thy fullness divine. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Spirit of power, anoint me for service
Title: Power for Service
Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman (1904)
Refrain First Line: Fill me with power for service and use me
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Spirit of power, anoint me for service]
Composer: Benjamin Franklin Butts
Incipit: 55556 71765 36665
Key: Bâ™­ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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