THY life was given for me, Thy blood, O Lord, was shed That I might ransomed be, And quickened from the dead: Thy life was given for me; What have I given for Thee?
Long years were spent for me In weariness and woe, That through eternity Thy glory I might know: Long years were spent for me; Have I spent one for Thee?
Thou, Lord, hast borne for me More than my tongue can tell Of bitterest agony, To rescue me from hell: Thou sufferedst all for me; What have I borne for Thee?
And Thou hast brought to me Down from Thy home above Salvation full and free, Thy pardon and Thy love: Great gifts Thou broughtest me; What have I brought to Thee?
O let my life be given, My years for Thee be spent, World-fetters all be riven, And joy with suffering blent: Thou gav’st Thyself for me; I give myself to Thee!
Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-79