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FULL SURRENDER by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS

First Line: DEAR SAVIOUR, THERE IS NAUGHT BETWEEN
Last Line: WHEN MORNING BREAKS FOR ME.
Subject(s): PRAYER; SALVATION;

Dear Saviour, there is naught between
My trembling soul and Thee,
Thy death and resurrection, Lord,
Thy blood, my only plea.
Completely I surrender self,
Thy will be done in me,
O take, and break, and make me, Lord,
What Thou wouldst have me be.

I follow in Thy footsteps as
I tread life's stony way
Upheld by Thy sustaining hand
Lest from the path I stray.
Beneath Thy yoke I humbly serve
As I take up my Cross
And bravely climb my Calvary,
Nor count afflictions loss.

Help me to use Thy talents well
Thou dost entrust to me
That I may hear Thy words, "Well done,"
When I account to Thee.
'Tis only by my service here,
And Thy Grace given free,
That I shall see Thy face revealed
When morning breaks for me.



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