| › Prefatory Note - KEPT
FOR
The Master's Use.
By
Frances Ridley
Havergal
Philadelphia
Henry Altemus Company
Copyrighted 1895, by Henry Altemus.
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| › 1: Our Lives Kept for Jesus - 'Keep my life, that it may be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.'
Many a heart has echoed the little song:
'Take my life, and let it be
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| › 2: Our Moments kept for Jesus - 'Keep my moments and my days;
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.'
It may be a little help to writer and reader if we consider some of the ...read |
| › 3: Our Hands Kept for Jesus - 'Keep my hands, that they may move
At the impulse of Thy love.'
When the Lord has said to us, 'Is thine heart right, as My heart is with t ...read |
| › 4: Our Feet kept for Jesus - 'Keep my feet, that they may be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.'
The figurative keeping of the feet of His saints, with the promise that whe ...read |
| › 5: Our Voices kept for Jesus - 'Keep my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King.'
I have wondered a little at being told by an experienced worker, that in many ...read |
| › 6: Our Lips kept for Jesus - 'Keep my lips, that they may be
Filled with messages from Thee.'
The days are past for ever when we said, 'Our lips are our own.' Now we k ...read |
| › 7: Our Silver and Gold Kept for Jesus - 'Keep my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold.'
'The silver and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts.' Yes, every coin we ...read |
| › 8: Our Intellects kept for Jesus - 'Keep my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.'
There are two distinct sets of temptations which assail those who have, or ...read |
| › 9: Our Wills kept for Jesus - 'Keep my will, oh, keep it Thine,
For it is no longer mine.'
Perhaps there is no point in which expectation has been so limited by experie ...read |
| › 10: Our hearts kept for Jesus - 'Keep my heart; it is Thine own;
It is now Thy royal throne.'
'It is a good thing that the heart be established with grace,' and yet some ...read |
| › 11: Our love kept for Jesus - 'Keep my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure-store.'
Not as a mere echo from the morning-gilded shore of Tiberias, but as an ev ...read |
| › 12: Our Selves kept for Jesus - 'Keep my self, that I may be
Ever, only, all for Thee.'
'For Thee!' That is the beginning and the end of the whole matter of consecration. ...read |
| › 13: Christ for Us - 'So will I also be for Thee.'--Hos. iii. 3.
The typical promise, 'Thou shalt abide for Me many days,' is indeed a marvel of love. For it is given t ...read |
| › 14: Selections From Miss Havergal's Latest Poems - An Interlude.
That part is finished! I lay down my pen,
And wonder if the thoughts will flow as fast
Through ...read |
