Text: | The Body, Lord, Is Ours to Keep |
Author: | Eleanor B. Stock |
Tune: | DOLUT |
Composer: | Sebastian W. Meyer |
1 The body, Lord, is ours to keep
In glowing health and strength for thee,
That through its life thy life may life,
Thy will move strong and swift and free;
My body, Lord, is thine to keep,
Strong and swift and free.
2 The mind, O Lord, is ours to keep
In cleanliness and purity,
That every tho't and word and deed
May own itself akin to thee;
My mind, o Lord, is thine to keep,
Clean and pure and free.
3 The soul, O Lord, is ours to keep
In close companionship with thee,
That soul is body, mind and heart,
And these are but a unity;
My soul, O Lord, is thine to keep
In comradeship with thee.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The body, Lord, is ours to keep |
Title: | The Body, Lord, Is Ours to Keep |
Author: | Eleanor B. Stock |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1935 |
Topic: | Conduct |
Copyright: | By permission of the author. Form "Singing Pathways" edited by Mary Stevens Dickle and published by Powell and White, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DOLUT |
Composer: | Sebastian W. Meyer |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.5 |
Key: | G Major |