1 Long my stubborn will kept saying to the Master,
“I must have my way and do as I desire;”
But when I beheld my suffering Redeemer,
I surrendered and He sent the cleansing fire.
Chorus:
In the center of His will my soul is resting,
Resting, from the strife that raged within my soul;
Like a bird that found its nest,
So my soul has found its rest
In the center of the will of God.
2 In a perfect consecration I have yielded
All my life and all my being to His will;
Well I know tho’ He may lead me thro’ the valley,
He will also lead me o’er the sunlit hill. [Chorus]
3 Fully yielded all my plans and my ambitions,
Full yielded all my days and all my hours;
On the altar both for sacrifice or service
I have gladly placed my being’s ransomed pow’rs. [Chorus]
4 Nothing sweeter can be known than full surrender
To the perfect will of God eternally;
O how shall my lips sufficient praises render
Unto Him who opened heav’n on earth to me! [Chorus]
Source: Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 2 #87
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
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