i lift my heart to thee

I lift my heart to Thee,

Saviour divine;

for Thou art all to me,

and I am Thine.

Is there on earth a closer bond than this,

that my Beloved'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 my 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 given Thine own dear

Self for me?