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How I praise Thee

pre­cious Sav­ior

That Thy love laid hold of me;

Thou hast saved and cleansed and filled me

That I might Thy chan­nel be.

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bless­èd Mas­ter

But with all Thy won­drous pow­er

Flowing through us

Thou canst use us

Every day and ev­ery hour.

Just a chan­nel full of bless­ing

To the thirs­ty hearts around;

To tell out Thy full sal­va­tion

All Thy lov­ing mes­sage sound.

Emptied that Thou should­est fill me

A clean ves­sel in Thy hand;

With no pow­er but as Thou giv­est

Graciously with each com­mand.

Witnessing Thy pow­er to save me

Setting free from self and sin;

Thou who bought­est to pos­sess me

In Thy full­ness

Lord

come in.

Jesus

fill now with Thy Spir­it

Hearts that full sur­ren­der know;

That the streams of liv­ing wa­ter

From our in­ner self may flow.