"I Gave My Life for Thee"
                       by Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879
                                  Text From:
                      THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
             (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p. 290
                                       


	1. I gave My life for thee,
	My precious blood I shed,
	That thou might'st ransomed be
	And quickened from the dead.
	I gave My life for thee;
	What hast thou given for Me?

	2. I spent long years for thee
	In weariness and woe
	That an eternity
	Of joy thou mightest know.
	I spent long years for thee;
	Hast thou spent one for Me?

	3. My Father's home of light,
	My rainbow-circled throne,
	I left for earthly night,
	For wanderings sad and lone.
	I left it all for thee;
	Hast thou left aught for Me?

	4. I suffered much for thee,
	More than My tongue may tell,
	Of bitterest agony,
	To rescue thee from hell.
	I suffered much for thee;
	What canst thou bear for Me?

	5. And I have brought to thee
	Down from My home above
	Salvation full and free,
	My pardon and My love.
	Great gifts I brought to thee;
	What hast thou brought to Me?

	6. Oh, let thy life be given,
	Thy years for Me be spent,
	World's fetters all be riven,
	And joy with suffering blent!
	I gave Myself for thee:
	Give thou thyself to Me.
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        Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Hymn #405 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Phil. 1:27
        Author: Frances R. Havergal, 1858
        Composer: Thomas Este, 1592
        Tune: "Old 120th"
        1st Published in: _Psalter_
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        This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg
          by Richard G. Schaefer and is in the public domain. You may
         freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any
            comments or sugges

                           "I Gave My Life for Thee"
                       by Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879
                                  Text From:
                      THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
             (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p. 290
                                       


	1. I gave My life for thee,
	My precious blood I shed,
	That thou might'st ransomed be
	And quickened from the dead.
	I gave My life for thee;
	What hast thou given for Me?

	2. I spent long years for thee
	In weariness and woe
	That an eternity
	Of joy thou mightest know.
	I spent long years for thee;
	Hast thou spent one for Me?

	3. My Father's home of light,
	My rainbow-circled throne,
	I left for earthly night,
	For wanderings sad and lone.
	I left it all for thee;
	Hast thou left aught for Me?

	4. I suffered much for thee,
	More than My tongue may tell,
	Of bitterest agony,
	To rescue thee from hell.
	I suffered much for thee;
	What canst thou bear for Me?

	5. And I have brought to thee
	Down from My home above
	Salvation full and free,
	My pardon and My love.
	Great gifts I brought to thee;
	What hast thou brought to Me?

	6. Oh, let thy life be given,
	Thy years for Me be spent,
	World's fetters all be riven,
	And joy with suffering blent!
	I gave Myself for thee:
	Give thou thyself to Me.
        _________________________________________________________
        Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Hymn #405 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Phil. 1:27
        Author: Frances R. Havergal, 1858
        Composer: Thomas Este, 1592
        Tune: "Old 120th"
        1st Published in: _Psalter_
        ______________________________________________________________
        This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg
          by Richard G. Schaefer and is in the public domain. You may
         freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any
            comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the
              Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary.
                                       
                          E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu

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