I Lift My Heart to Thee (Mudie)

I lift my heart to Thee

Sav­ior di­vine;

For Thou art all to me

and I am Thine;

Is there on earth a clos­er bond than this

That my Be­lov­èd’s mine

and I am His?

Thine am I by all ties; but chief­ly Thine

That through Thy sac­ri­fice Thou

Lord

art mine.

By Thine own cords of love

so sweet­ly wound

Around me

I to Thee am close­ly bound.

To Thee

Thou bleed­ing Lamb

I all things owe—

All that I have

and am

and all I know.

All that I have is now no long­er mine

And I am not mine own; Lord

I am Thine.

How can I

Lord

with­hold life’s bright­est hour

From Thee; or ga­thered gold

or any pow­er?

Why should I keep one pre­cious thing from Thee;

When Thou hast giv’n Thine own dear self for me?

I pray Thee

Sav­ior

keep me in Thy love

Until death’s ho­ly sleep shall me re­move

To that fair realm where

sin and sor­row o’er

Thou and Thine own are one for­ev­er­more.