"Take My Life and Let It Be"

Frances Ridely Havergal wrote the words to the favorite Baptist song “Take My Life and Let It Be.” In her Havergal Manuscripts she writes about how this song came to be. She had been visiting some friends for a few days and there were ten people living there. She had been praying for some of them because they had not received Christ. On the last night she was there, the governess told her that the two daughters who lived there wanted to be saved. So she went to speak with them and they were converted. Afterward, she could hardly sleep and so she praised God and prayed, and some of the words of this song formed in her prayers.

Several melodies have been used alternatively for “Take My Life and Let It Be.” The most popular of these is William Bradbury’s tune “Yarbrough” which is published in the Baptist Hymnal presently and is a favorite Baptist song..

“Take My Life and Let It Be”

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.

Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King.

Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from Thee.

Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect, and use every power as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will, and make it Thine; it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart, it is Thine own; it shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.

Other tunes that are used for “Take My Life and Let It Be” are “Hendon” by Henri A. C. Malan, “Hollingside” by John B. Dykes, “Mary Magdalene” by Arthur Sullivan, and “Nottingham” by Wolfgang Mozart.

“Take My Life and Let It Be”

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