SDA Hymnal #568

Make Me a Captive, Lord

Topic: Humility

Listen — melody

Key of D#

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Tonic Sol-fa — Stanza 1

Movable-do sol-fa auto-derived from the public-domain melody in D#. A rehearsal aid — check it against the score before printing.

doMakedomedoami micaptive,laLord,

laAndsothendoIfashallmiberefree;

reForcemimesotola sorenderfiupmimyresword,

soAnddoItishalldo la laconquerorsobe.

soIsosinkmiinre dolife'sla laalarms

laWhenfibymi remyselftiItistand;

do ti laImprisonsomefa rewithinmiThinesoarms,

faAndmistrongreshallrebedomy·hand.

Lyrics

Verse 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.

Verse 2

My heart is weak and poor Till it a 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.

Verse 3

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.