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144. Take, oh, take me, Holy Father!

1 Take, oh, take me, Holy Father!
Hear my supplicating prayer;
Take and use me as Thy vessel,
Take, oh, take me to Thy care.

2 Break me, oh, Thou loving Father!
Though Thy breaking cost me pain;
Though Thou triest me with fire
I will magnify Thy name.

3 Make me as Thou wilt, O Father!
Melt this stubborn heart of mine;
Make me like my Lord and Saviour,
Full of love and life divine.

4 Take me, break me, make me, Father!
Unto Thee I all resign!
By Thy loving grace uphold me,
Make me ever wholly Thine.

Text Information
First Line: Take, oh, take me, Holy Father!
Author: Rev. Ambrose M. Schmidt, 1857- (1884)
Meter: 8s. & 7s.
Publication Date: 1900
Topic: Consecration
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: MT. VERNON
Composer: Lowell Mason, (1792-1872)
Meter: 8s. & 7s.
Notes: Public Domain.



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