Text: | Make Me a Captive, Lord |
Author: | George Matheson |
Tune: | PARADOXY |
Composer: | Donald P. Hustad |
1 Make me a captive, Lord,
and then I shall be free;
force me to render up my sword,
and I shall conqueror be.
I sink in life's alarms
when by myself I stand;
imprison me within thine arms,
and strong shall be my hand.
2 My heart is weak and poor
until it master find;
it has no spring of action sure--
it varies with the wind;
it cannot freely move
till thou hast wrought its chain;
enslave it with thy matchless love,
and deathless it shall reign.
3 My will is not my own
till thou hast made it thine;
if it would reach a monarch's throne,
it must its crown resign;
it only stands unbent
amid the clashing strife,
when on thy bosom it has leaned,
and found in thee its life.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Make me a captive, Lord |
Title: | Make Me a Captive, Lord |
Author: | George Matheson (1890) |
Meter: | S.M.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Will of God; Spiritual Freedom; Christian Maturity(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PARADOXY |
Composer: | Donald P. Hustad (1953) |
Meter: | S.M.D. |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Music © 1953. Renewal 1981 Hope Publishing Company |