Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord

467 Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord

1 Take thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
   give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
   teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
   grant us in all our thoughts to honor thee.

2 Take thou our hearts, O Christ; they are thine own;
   come thou within our souls and claim thy throne;
   help us to shed abroad thy deathless love;
   use us to make the earth like heaven above.

3 Take thou our wills, Most High! Hold thou full sway;
   have in our inmost souls thy perfect way;
   guard thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
   guide thou our ordered lives as thou dost please.

4 Take thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
   through our surrendered souls thy plans fulfill.
   We yield ourselves to thee: time, talents, all;
   we hear, and henceforth heed, thy sovereign call.
                         William Hiram Foulkes
                         Hymns for the Family of God