Is Your All On the Altar
Words & Music by Elisha A. Hoffman, 1820-1915
A:x02220
A7:x02020
D:xx0232
E7:020130
G:320003
Verse 1:
D
You have longed for sweet peace
D
And for faith to increase
A7 D
And have earnestly, fervently prayed
D
But you cannot have rest
D
Or be perfectly blest
A7 D
Until all on the altar is laid
Chorus:
G D
Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid
G E7 A A7
Your heart does the Spirit control
D
You can only be blessed
D
And have peace and sweet rest
A7 D
As you yield Him your body and soul
Verse 2:
D
Would you walk with the Lord
D
In the light of His Word
A7 D
And have peace and contentment alway
D
You must do His sweet will
D
To be free from all ill
A7 D
On the altar your all you must lay
Repeat Refrain
Verse 3:
D
Oh we never can know
D
What the Lord will bestow
A7 D
Of the blessings for which we have prayed
D
Till our body and soul
D
He doth fully control
A7 D
And our all on the altar is laid
Repeat Refrain
Verse 4:
D
Who can tell all the love
D
He will send from above
A7 D
And how happy our hearts will be made
D
Of the fellowship sweet
D
We shall share at His feet
A7 D
When our all on the altar is laid
Repeat Refrain