Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord

 

"For as many of you as were baptized with Christ,
into a spiritual union and communion with Christ,
The Anointed One, the Messiah, have 
clothed yourselves with Christ."
(Galatians 3:27)

Let Your Light So Shine

Simon Dewey

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 fulfil.

We yield ourselves to Thee-time, talents, all;

We hear, and hence-forth heed, Thy sovereign call.

Amen.

"Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord"
(1918)
William Hiriam Foulkes
(1877-1961)
American Presbyterian minister
and hymn writer.

The Story Behind The Song

Pastor Foulkes wrote this song while
traveling on a train from New York City 
to Stony Brook, Long Island. This inspirational
hymn was later sung at a youth conference held at
Emporia College in Kansas during the summer of 1918.