Speak to My Heart

Speak to my heart, Lord Jesus, Speak that my soul may hear

Author: B. B. McKinney
Tune: HOLCOMB (McKinney)
Published in 27 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Speak to my heart, Lord Jesus,
speak that my soul may hear;
speak to my heart, Lord Jesus,
calm every doubt and fear.

Refrain:
Speak to my heart, oh, speak to my heart,
speak to my heart, I pray;
yielded and still, seeking Thy will,
oh, speak to my heart today.

2 Speak to my heart, Lord Jesus,
purge me from every sin;
speak to my heart, Lord Jesus,
help me the lost to win. [Refrain]

3 Speak to my heart, Lord Jesus,
it is no longer mine:
speak to my heart, Lord Jesus,
I would be wholly Thine. [Refrain]

Source: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #384

Author: B. B. McKinney

Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Wor… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Speak to my heart, Lord Jesus, Speak that my soul may hear
Title: Speak to My Heart
Author: B. B. McKinney
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Speak to my heart, O speak to my heart
Copyright: Public Domain

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Baptist Hymnal 2008 #428

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Celebrating Grace Hymnal #384

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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #211

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #281

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