The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#575

575. Jesus demands this heart of mine

1 Jesus demands this heart of mine,
Demands my love, my joy, my care;
But ah! how dead to things divine,
How cold my best affections are!

2 'Tis sin, alas! with dreadful power,
Divides my Saviour from my sight;
O for one happy, cloudless hour
Of sacred freedom, sweet delight!

3 Come, gracious Lord! thy love can raise
My captive powers from sin and death,
And fill my heart and life with praise,
And tune my last expiring breath.

4 Take, then, O Lord, this heart of mine,
My grateful love, my joy, my care;
No longer dead to things divine,
With thee my best affections are.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus demands this heart of mine
• Author: Anne Steele
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: WELTON
• Composer: C. H. A. Malan
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #787, 746, or 538.