You have longed for sweet peace, and for faith to increase

You have longed for sweet peace

and for faith to increase

And have earnestly

fervently prayed;

But you cannot have rest

or be perfectly blest

Until all on the altar is laid.

Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid?

Your heart

does the Spirit control?

You can only be blest and have peace and sweet rest

As you yield Him your body and soul.

Would you walk with the Lord in the light of His Word

And have peace and contentment alway;

You must do His sweet will to be free from all ill;

On the altar your all you must lay.

Oh

we never can know what the Lord will bestow

Of the blessings for which we have prayed

Till our body and soul He doth fully control

And our all on the altar is laid.

Who can tell all the love He will send from above!

Oh

how happy our heart will be made!

Oh

what fellowship sweet we shall share at His feet

When our all on the altar is laid!