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Jesus, my Lord, to Thee I cry;
Unless Thou save me, I must die:
Oh, bring Thy free salvation nigh,
And take me as I am!
Unless Thou save me, I must die:
Oh, bring Thy free salvation nigh,
And take me as I am!
And take me as I am!
And take me as I am!
My only plea—Christ died for me!
Oh, take me as I am!
And take me as I am!
My only plea—Christ died for me!
Oh, take me as I am!
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Helpless I am, and full of guilt;
But yet for me Thy blood was spilt,
And Thou canst make me what Thou wilt,
And take me as I am.
But yet for me Thy blood was spilt,
And Thou canst make me what Thou wilt,
And take me as I am.
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No preparation can I make,
My best resolves I only break,
Yet save me for Thine own Name’s sake,
And take me as I am.
My best resolves I only break,
Yet save me for Thine own Name’s sake,
And take me as I am.
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Behold me, Savior, at Thy feet,
Deal with me as Thou seest meet;
Thy work begin, Thy work complete,
But take me as I am.
Deal with me as Thou seest meet;
Thy work begin, Thy work complete,
But take me as I am.
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Anchorage, Alaska, United States
My Father and my Creature, you knew me before I was born. You have a purpose in my life. Behold me, Savoir at Thy feet, deal with me as Thou seest me, Thy work begin, Thy work complete, Father take me as I am!
Detroit, MI, United States
Years ago, while revival meetings were being held in one of the large towns in Scotland, a young girl became anxious about her spiritual condition. Returning from one of the meetings, she went to her own minister and asked him how she might be saved.
“Ah, lassie,” he said, “don’t be alarmed! Just read your Bible and say your prayers, and you will be all right.”
But the poor, illiterate girl cried out: “O Minister, I canna read, I canna pray! Lord Jesus, take me as I am!”
In this way the girl became a follower of Christ; and a lady who heard of the girl’s experience wrote this hymn…I found the verses in a religious newspaper and set them to the simple music by which they are now most generally known. At the same time Mr. Stebbins also found the verses and set them to music, and he sent them to me at the same time that I was sending my tune for the same words to him. In “Gospel Hymns” both tunes are published.
A minister in England writes to me about a Christian woman, a shoemaker’s wife, who had a lodger that was an obstinate unbeliever. “The good woman often tried to induce him to go to meetings, but in vain. Tracts which she placed on the table in his room she found crushed on the floor. She would smooth them out and again place them so as to attract his attention, but he would read nothing but his novels and newspapers. One spring the old man fell ill with bronchitis. The good woman acted as his nurse, for he had no relatives who cared for him. She used the opportunity, often speaking to him about his soul and reading the Word of God; but she could make no impression upon him. One day she was reading the hymn ‘Jesus, my Lord, to Thee I cry,’ and when she came to the refrain, the old man called out to her sharply: ‘That’s not in the book!’ The woman answered, ‘Why yes, it is.’ He declared again that he did not believe it was in the book. The good woman told him that he could read it for himself. He asked for his glasses, and read with wonder and amazement, again and again, ‘My only plea—Christ died for me! oh, take me as I am.’ A few weeks afterward he said to the woman one morning, ‘I am going home to-day, and I am so happy, so happy!’ In an hour or two he passed away, repeating those words to the last.”
-Story of Gospel Hymns by Ira Sankey
Lusaka, Zambia
Most of the hymns are ever green song!!! They never fade and they are ever refreshing.
London, United Kingdom
Behold me, Savior, at Thy feet,
Deal with me as Thou seest meet;
Thy work begin, Thy work complete,
But take me as I am.
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
This piece is a powerful consecrational prayer.
Each line is the deepest cry of my heart.
It is awesome to know that as we go to God in simple faith that He is willing to recieve us just as we are and make the best out of our lives.
Oh Father, complete the work You began in our lives, Amen.
Orange, Ca., United States
Thank you for the great old songs! "I love them!"
Ph, Rivers, Nigeria
My best resolves I only break, yet Lord save me for Thine own name's sake and take me as I am.
Lagos, Nigeria
Deal with me as Thou seest meet;
Thy work begin, Thy work complete,
Thanks Hymnal.net!
Lagos, Nigeria
I plead the same here. Lord, take me as I am and save me for Thine own sake.
Abuja, Nigeria
Jesus I am a sinner but just take me as I am, do not look at my sin.