Take my poor heart just as it is (Benjamin Milgrove)
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General Information
Title: Take my poor heart just as it is
Composer: Benjamin Milgrove
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
Published: "16 Hymns", 1768
Description: The general congregation (sometimes divided into men and women) should sing the Air, accompanying harmonies to be taken by the choir.
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Original text and translations
English text
Take my poor heart just as it is,
Set up therein thy throne;
So shall I love Thee above all,
And live to Thee alone.
Complete thy work, and crown thy grace,
That I may faithful prove:
And listen to that small still voice
Which only whispers love;
Which teaches me what is thy will,
And tells me what to do;
Which covers me with shame, when I
Do not thy will pursue.
This unction may I ever feel,
This teaching from my Lord;
And learn obedience to thy voice,
Thy soft reviving word.