Live Out Thy Life Within Me
Words by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)
Music by Samuel Wesley
Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal (copyright 1941)
Hymn # 279
[Verse 1]
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Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings!
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Be Thou Thyself the answer to all my questionings;
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Live out Thy life within me, in all things have Thy way!
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I, the transparent medium, Thy glory to display.
[Verse 2]
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The temple has been yielded, and purified of sin,
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Let Thy Shekinah glory now shine forth from within,
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And all the earth keep silence, the body henceforth be
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Thy silent, gentle servant, moved only as by Thee.
[Verse 3]
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Its members every moment held subject to Thy call,
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Ready to have Thee use them, or not be used at all,
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Held without restless longing, or strain, or stress, or fret,
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Or chafings at Thy dealings, or thoughts of vain regret.
[Verse 4]
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But restful, calm and pliant, from bend and bias free,
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Awaiting Thy decision, when Thou hast need of me.
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Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings!
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Be Thou the glorious answer to all my questionings.