Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Text: William H. Foulkes
Tune: HALL
Composer: Calvin Weiss Laufer
Musical Notation
Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee.
Take Thou our hearts, O Christ, they are Thine own;
Come Thou within our souls and claim Thy throne;
Help us to shed abroad Thy deathless love;
Use us to make the earth like heaven above.
Take Thou our wills, Most High! Hold Thou full sway;
Have in our inmost souls Thy perfect way;
Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
Guide Thou our ordered lives as Thou dost please.
Take Thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
Through our surrendered souls Thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to Thee—-time, talents, all;
We hear, and henceforth heed, Thy sovereign call.
Numbers 6:24-26
The LORD bless you and keep you.
The LORD make his face to shine on you
and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.
And may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen!
Fugue in E flat Major BWV 552
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ruth Pfister, organ