Scripture Verse

I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11:19

Introduction

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Isaac B. Woodbury (1819–1858)

Words: Charles Wes­ley (1707–1788).

Music: Tal­mar Is­aac B. Wood­bu­ry, 1845 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Take my heart, O Fa­ther! take it;
Make and keep it all Thine own;
Let Thy Spi­rit melt and break it—
This proud heart of sin and stone.

Father, make me pure and low­ly,
Fond of peace and far from strife;
Turning from the paths un­ho­ly
Of this vain and sin­ful life.

Ever let Thy grace sur­round me,
Strengthen me with pow­er di­vine,
Till Thy cords of love have bound me;
Make me to be whol­ly Thine.

May the blood of Je­sus heal me
And my sins be all for­giv’n;
Holy Spi­rit, take and seal me,
Guide me in the path of Heav’n.