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CONSECRATION, by                    
First Line: Had I a thousand lives to live
Last Line: Is heav'n enough for me.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


Had I a thousand lives to live,
I'd live them all for Thee,
Who once for me Thy life didst give,
O Lamb of Calvary!
Bought with Thy holy, precious blood,
I am no longer mine,
Then take my life, blest Son of God,
As Thine and only Thine.

Had I a thousand tasks to do,
I'd do them all for Thee,
If strength these labors to pursue
Were given unto me.
It matters not if these my hands
Hold scepter, spade, or pen,
Lord Jesus, to Thy blest commands
I owe a glad "Amen."

Had I a thousand griefs to bear,
I'd bear them all for Thee,
Rememb'ring well Thy anguished prayer
In dark Gethsemane.
Thy grace makes sweet the Mara cup.
Each burden, pain, and loss
Grows light when I in faith look up
To Thy victorious Cross.

Had I a thousand songs to sing,
I'd sing them all for Thee--
Redeemer, Saviour, Shepherd, King--
To laud Thy majesty.
Though psalms of earth cannot compare
With anthems angels raise,
Still would my tongue Thy praise declare
In love's divinest lays.

Had I a thousand gifts to bring,
I'd bring them all to Thee,
Each one a love-filled offering
For all Thy love to me,
While from the altar of my heart
Prayer's incense would ascend,
And fragrance to each gift impart,
For Thee, my dearest Friend.

Had I a thousand deaths to die,
I'd die them all for Thee,
If, dying, I could glorify
The love that bled for me.
Thy hand my feeble bark will take
O'er Jordan's rolling tide.
When in Thy likeness I awake
I shall be satisfied.

Had I a thousand crowns to cast,
Blest Saviour, at Thy feet,
When I have reached my home at last,
My bliss would be completel
Until I reach that shore divine,
Beside the crystal sea,
O my Belov'd, a smile of Thine
Is heav'n enough for me.





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