Thy life was given for me

Thy life was given for me, Thy blood, O Lord, was shed That I might ransomed be, And quickened from the dead; Thy life was given for me; What have I given for Thee?

Long years were spent for me In weariness and woe, That through eternity Thy glory I might know; Long years were spent for me: Have I spent one for Thee?

Thou, Lord, hast borne for me More than my tongue can tell Of bitterest agony To rescue me from hell; Thou sufferedst all for me: What have I borne for Thee?

And Thou hast brought to me, Down from Thy home above, Salvation full and free, Thy pardon and Thy love; Great gifts Thou broughtest me; What have I brought to Thee?

O let my life be given, My years for Thee be spent; World-fetters all be riven, And joy with suffering blent; Thou gavest Thyself for me; I give myself to Thee.