Text:Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Author:William H. Foulkes
Tune:HALL
Composer:Calvin W. Laufer

579. 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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Take thou our minds, dear Lord
Title: Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Author: William H. Foulkes (1918, ca. 1920)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Conclusion of Worship; Acts of the Church: Confirmation; Acts of the Church: Ordination (2 more...)
Notes: sts. 1-3, 1918; st. 4, ca. 1920
Tune Information
Name: HALL
Composer: Calvin W. Laufer (1918)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.
Key: E♭ Major



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