LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)
| | Writer(s): | George Matheson
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| | Dates: | 1890
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 68:18
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 633
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 528
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 478
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 518
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 455
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 714
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 297
| Living Praise
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| 152
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 596
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 378
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 303
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 576
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 502
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 242
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 604
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 421
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MUSIC
 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 60
| No key
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 18
| F
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 120
| F
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 280
| F
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 293
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 591
| F
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 21
| G
| Baptist Hymnal
| 382
| G
| Baptist Hymnal
| 445
| G
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 478
| G
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 254
| G
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Alternate Tunes
| LEOMINSTER | 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.) | George William Martin | | LLANLLYFNI | 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.) | John Jones (Talysarn) & David Jenkins | | DIADEMATA | 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.) | George Job Elvey |
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| 1. Make me a captive, Lord,
And then I shall be free;
Force me to render up my sword,
And I shall conqueror be.
I sink in life’s alarms
When by myself I stand;
Imprison me within Thine arms,
And strong shall be my hand.
2. My heart is weak and poor
Until it master find;
It has no spring of action sure -
It varies with the wind.
It cannot freely move,
Till Thou hast wrought its chain;
Enslave it with Thy matchless love,
And deathless it shall reign.
3. My power is faint and low
Till I have learnt to serve;
It wants the needed fire to glow,
It wants the breeze to nerve;
It cannot drive the world,
Until itself be driven;
Its flag can only be unfurled
When Thou shall breathe from heaven.
4. My will is not my own
Till Thou hast made it Thine;
If it would reach a monarch’s throne
It must its crown resign;
It only stands unbent,
Amid the clashing strife,
When on Thy bosom it has leant
And found in Thee its life.
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