THY LIFE WAS GIVEN

Thy life was given for me,

Thy blood, O Lord, was shed,

That I might ransomed be,

And quickened from the dead:

Thy life, Thy life was given for me;

What have I given for Thee?

Thy Father's home of light,

Thy rainbow-circled throne,

Were left for earthly night,

For wanderings sad and lone;

Yea, all, yea, all was left for me;

Have I left aught 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, for me;

What have I borne for Thee?

Oh, let my life be given,

My years for Thee be spent;

World-fetters all be riven,

And joy with suffering blent.

To Thee, to Thee my all I bring,

My Saviour and my King!