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No mortal tongue can e’er describe
The freedom of the soul,
When passed beyond all earthly bribe
To God’s complete control.
All things are his, yes, life, and death,
Things present or to come;
In Christ he draws in peace each breath,
In Christ he finds his home.
The freedom of the soul,
When passed beyond all earthly bribe
To God’s complete control.
All things are his, yes, life, and death,
Things present or to come;
In Christ he draws in peace each breath,
In Christ he finds his home.
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When such as we the King can choose,
To share with Him His throne,
’Tis passing strange that we refuse
To be our Lord’s alone.
O never speak of sacrifice!
A privilege untold
Is to be His at any price,
In Calv’ry’s hosts enrolled.
To share with Him His throne,
’Tis passing strange that we refuse
To be our Lord’s alone.
O never speak of sacrifice!
A privilege untold
Is to be His at any price,
In Calv’ry’s hosts enrolled.
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Arise! the holy bargain strike—
The fragment for the whole—
All men and all events alike
Must serve the ransomed soul.
All things are yours when you are His,
And He and you are one;
A boundless life in Him there is,
And kingdom yet to come.
The fragment for the whole—
All men and all events alike
Must serve the ransomed soul.
All things are yours when you are His,
And He and you are one;
A boundless life in Him there is,
And kingdom yet to come.
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Kampala, Kampala Region, Uganda
No mortal tongue can ever describe the freedom of the soul, when passed beyond all earthly bribe to God’s complete control.
All things are his, yes, life, and death, things present or to come; in Christ he draws in peace each breath, in Christ he finds his home.
When such as we the King can choose, to share with Him His throne, it's passing strange that we refuse to be our Lord’s alone.
All things are yours when you are His, and He and you are one; a boundless life in Him there is, when doubt and fear are gone.
Victoria, BC, Canada
Amen
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
In 1888, Catherine Booth, The Army Mother, made her last public address at City Temple in London, England on June 21, 1888. Here is a quote from her speech that day:
“Perhaps on no point has the Salvation Army suffered persecution more than this one point of its teaching—that it teaches a Savior not only willing to pardon but who does pardon absolutely and who communicates a sense of that pardon by his Holy Spirit to the ears of those who truly repent and sincerely believe, with a living faith, in Him, and not only washes their past sins away but has the power to keep them from their sins, and will, if they trust in Him, enable them to live in righteousness and holiness all their lives, walking in obedience to His commandments, keeping that inner law of which we have just heard—the law of Christ—which is the most perfect law and fulfills all others—loving the Lord thy God with all thy heart, mind, soul, and strength, and thy neighbor as thyself. ”
She was the mother of Catherine Booth – Clibborn, the writer of this hymn and the wife of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. She was instrumental in helping her husband establish the Salvation Army. Catherine was a prolific writer and fiery preacher of the gospel. She denied an operation they could have saved her life and died two years after this sermon was preached on October 4,1890.
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Catherine Booth-Clibborn was born September 18, 1858 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England and died May 9, 1955 (aged 96) in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. She is buried in Highgate Cemetery East in Highgate, Greater London, England.
Booth-Clibborn was a social reformer. She was the eldest daughter of William Booth, pastor in Gateshead and Salvation Army founder. She began preaching at the age of 15 and later held the rank of Captain of the Salvation Army. Catherine was sent to Paris in March 1881 with her sisters-in-law to preach the Gospel. They wore sandwich boards after they were forbidden to hand out leaflets, and often had mud and stones slung at them as they preached on street corners. They rented apartments in buildings with prostitutes and were frequently criticized by French newspapers for evangelizing. After eight months in France, when a few persons were converted to Christ, her brother gave her the nickname of “La Maréchale, ” French for “The Marshal. ”
In October, an Irish Quaker, Arthur Clibborn, joined the Salvation Army and became the Chief of Staff. They moved from France into Switzerland and faced more opposition. The authorities refused to allow them to rent halls to preach, and were arrested after holding an open-air meeting in a forest outside Neufchâtel. They were tried, acquitted and deported back to France. In February 1887, the two were married. They were transferred to Holland in 1896, a move that was difficult for her given that she did not speak Dutch.
After the birth of their tenth child and conflicts with her father, they resigned from the Salvation Army in January 1902, this move estranged her from her family. They moved to America, living for a time in Zion City, Illinois, outside Chicago. They became Pentecostals in 1906 and traveled as evangelists in the United States, Europe, and Australia. During WWI, she crossed the Atlantic six times under dangerous conditions. Still in exile, she returned to Switzerland at the age of 70 where her sermons were well received. She died of double pneumonia in 1955 and was buried in a separate cemetery from her parents and siblings.
The Kate Booth House in Vancouver, British Columbia, a residential house for domestic violence victims, was named in her honor.
Anamosa, Iowa, United States
The freedom of the soul, when passed beyond all earthly bribe! No mortal tongue can ever describe.
Wes Garratt, praise the Lord! I believe I met you at a conference in Los Angeles in about 1973 or so.
Hamilton, New Zealand
Many times when I want to complain about some service I need to do, I get reminded by the Lord of this song. Actually, to be the Lord's and be able to serve Him is precious.
To serve the Lord is the highest privilege. Whatever He asks of you is an honor to be able to carry out one with Him. Then as we live to the Lord (Romans 14:8), everything is ours!
Auckland, New Zealand
"All things are yours when you are His" (1 Cor. 2:22-23). Hallelujah, what a wonderful utterance! May we give ourselves fully to be His. There is no loss because all things are ours!
Auckland, New Zealand
I have sung this hymn many times but I was with the last two lines of verse one
in Christ he draws in peace each breath in Christ he finds his home
How amazing that Christ desires to be our inward peace moment by moment
Auckland, New Zealand
Arise! the holy bargain strike—
The fragment for the whole—
Why don't we strike this holy bargain, the fragment for the whole?
What we can give up is nothing but loss and refuse when we gain the excellency, the supereminence, the supreme preicousness, the surpassing worth of Christ! The gaining of the precious Christ far exceeds any other gains! What a privilege untold to be His alone!
Philippians 3:7-8 But what things were gains to me, these I have counted as loss on account of Christ. But moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ
Auckland, New Zealand
Everytime I sing this hymn, I am reminded that to give ourselves to the Lord is not a sacrifice but a privilege untold!