Oh, to be nothing, nothing

lyricist: Georgiana M. Taylor
Composer: R. George Halls

Oh

to be nothing

nothing!

Only to lie at His feet

A broken and emptied vessel—

For the Master’s use made meet!

Emptied that He might fill me

As forth to His service I go;

Broken

that so unhindered

His life through me might flow.

Oh

to be nothing

nothing!

Only to lie at His feet

A broken and emptied vessel—

For the Master’s use made meet!

Oh

to be nothing

nothing!

Only as led by His hand—

A messenger at His gateway

Only waiting for His command;

Only an instrument ready

His praises to sound at His will—

Willing

should He not require me

In silence to wait on Him still.

Oh

to be nothing

nothing!

Painful the humbling may be!

Yet low in the dust I’d lay me

That the world might my Savior see!

Rather be nothing

nothing!

To Him let their voices be raised!

He is the fountain of blessing

He only is meet to be praised!

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