Scripture Verse

He that winneth souls is wise. Proverbs 11:30

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Bes­sie Webb, in Song Prais­es, ed­it­ed by Charles H. Ga­bri­el (Car­bon­dale, Il­li­nois: Egypt­ian Pub­lish­ing, 1906), page 13 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Webb (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Take full pos­sess­ion of me, O Lord,
And let Thy love con­trol;
O fill me with an ear­nest zeal
To win for Thee a soul.

Refrain

Put mu­sic, mu­sic,
Put mu­sic in­to my heart,
And help me, help me
To win a soul for Thee.

Fill with Thy Spi­rit my heart, O Lord,
And make me pure and whole;
Live Thou and rule with­in that I
May win for Thee a soul.

Refrain

Give me the cour­age and strength, O Lord,
To safe­ly reach the goal,
Where lies my own su­preme de­sire—
To win for Thee a soul.

Refrain

Put mu­sic in­to my heart, O Lord,
And while life’s bil­lows roll,
Thy grace and help to me im­part
To win for Thee a soul.

Refrain