My Offering

Upon your altar,day by day,
Let me give my Self to thee,
And hour by hour, before thee lay
My life, because you died for me.

Though I know not what tomorrow brings,
Sufficient, always, is your grace,
And so, my heart, within me sings,
As on your altar, my Self, I place.

Unworthy sinner, though I be,
I stand before thy mercy seat
And give my Self, my all to Thee;
Yet in Christ alone thy assessment meet.

I bring this offering, not to win
Salvation; That, His blood has bought.
But that my life might show to men,
The life within that grace has wrought.

Take, I pray, this fleeting life,
And in your service, make it pay;
Keep it free from sin and strife -
On your altar, Lord, my Self, I lay.

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