1987 Song Book

Take my life, and let it be

Apparently written at Areley House, near Stourport,Worcestershire, in February 1874. The author said: 'I went for a Little visit of five days. There were ten persons in the house,some unconverted and long prayed for, some converted, but not rejoicing Christians.' before she left the house, her prayer:'Lord, give me all in this house' was answered, and everyone had received a blessing. She wrote: 'It was nearly midnight.I was too happy to sleep, and passed most of the night in praise and renewal of my own consecration; and these Little couplets formed themselves, and chimed in my heart one after another till they finished with "Ever, Only, All for Thee!" ' The hymn was published in the 1874 Appendix to Songs of Grace and Glory, compiled by Charles B. Snepp, and was later included in the author's Loyal Responses; or Daily Melodies for the King's Minstrels 1878, under the title: 'Consecration Hymn'.