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And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which
died for them, and rose again. 2 Corinthians 5:14
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from
me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
commandment have I received of my Father. John 10:17-18
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Ephesians 5:1-2
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us,
that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and
edify one another, even as also ye do. 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is
crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that
is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans 6:3-8
And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which
died for them, and rose again. 2 Corinthians 5:14
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from
me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
commandment have I received of my Father. John 10:17-18
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Ephesians 5:1-2
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us,
that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and
edify one another, even as also ye do. 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is
crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that
is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans 6:3-8
Frances R. Havergal - Lyrics
1836 - 1879
1836 - 1879
Born: December 14, 1836, Astley, Worcestershire, England.
Died: June 3, 1879, Caswall Bay, near Swansea, Wales.
Buried: Astley, Worcestershire, England, the city of her birth. On her tombstone was the Scripture verse
she claimed as her own: The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7
Died: June 3, 1879, Caswall Bay, near Swansea, Wales.
Buried: Astley, Worcestershire, England, the city of her birth. On her tombstone was the Scripture verse
she claimed as her own: The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7
Philip P. Bliss - Composer
1838 - 1876
1838 - 1876
HYMN HISTORY:
Francis Ridley Havergal was born on December 14, 1836, at Astley, Worcestershire, England. She was the
youngest child of the Rev, William Henry Havergal, a minister of the Church of England. Her father was also a
noted poet and church musician. Miss Havergal had training in linguistics and music. Although she was a
highly educated and cultured, Miss Havergal always maintained a simple faith and confidence in her Lord. It is
said that she never wrote a line without first praying over it. Her entire life was characterized by spiritual
saintliness. In spite of being always frail in health, she lived an active and productive life until her death at the
age of forty-three.
As part of her education, Francis studied in Dusseldorf, Germany. In the art gallery of that city hangs the
famous painting by Sternberg, ”Ecce Homo,” a vivid portrayal of Christ, wearing his crown of thorns, before
Pilate and the Jewish mob. Beneath the picture are the words, “This have I done for thee; what hast thou done
for Me?”
While visiting the museum and seeing the painting, Miss Havergal was humbly moved. After gazing for a
considerable time at the painting she took a pencil and scrap paper and quickly wrote the stanzas for this
hymn. Later, while visiting her home in England, she again noted the words she had hurriedly scribbled, but
felt the poetry was so poor that she tossed the paper into a stove. The paper, is said to have floated out of the
flames and landed on the floor, where it was later found by her father. He encouraged her to keep the words
and composed the first tune for the text.
Francis R. Havergal is also author of the hymns “Take My Life and Let it Be” and “I am trusting Thee, Lord
Jesus.”
The present tune, was composed for this text by the American gospel songwriter, Philip P. Bliss. It was
dedicated to the Railroad Chapel Sunday School in Chicago, Illinois, and first appeared in Bliss’s Sunshine for
Sunday School, 1873.
Other hymns composed by Philip P. Bliss are “Hold the Fort,” “It Is Well With My Soul,” “Jesus Loves Even
Me,” “My Redeemer,” “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning,” and “Once for All.”
Francis Ridley Havergal was born on December 14, 1836, at Astley, Worcestershire, England. She was the
youngest child of the Rev, William Henry Havergal, a minister of the Church of England. Her father was also a
noted poet and church musician. Miss Havergal had training in linguistics and music. Although she was a
highly educated and cultured, Miss Havergal always maintained a simple faith and confidence in her Lord. It is
said that she never wrote a line without first praying over it. Her entire life was characterized by spiritual
saintliness. In spite of being always frail in health, she lived an active and productive life until her death at the
age of forty-three.
As part of her education, Francis studied in Dusseldorf, Germany. In the art gallery of that city hangs the
famous painting by Sternberg, ”Ecce Homo,” a vivid portrayal of Christ, wearing his crown of thorns, before
Pilate and the Jewish mob. Beneath the picture are the words, “This have I done for thee; what hast thou done
for Me?”
While visiting the museum and seeing the painting, Miss Havergal was humbly moved. After gazing for a
considerable time at the painting she took a pencil and scrap paper and quickly wrote the stanzas for this
hymn. Later, while visiting her home in England, she again noted the words she had hurriedly scribbled, but
felt the poetry was so poor that she tossed the paper into a stove. The paper, is said to have floated out of the
flames and landed on the floor, where it was later found by her father. He encouraged her to keep the words
and composed the first tune for the text.
Francis R. Havergal is also author of the hymns “Take My Life and Let it Be” and “I am trusting Thee, Lord
Jesus.”
The present tune, was composed for this text by the American gospel songwriter, Philip P. Bliss. It was
dedicated to the Railroad Chapel Sunday School in Chicago, Illinois, and first appeared in Bliss’s Sunshine for
Sunday School, 1873.
Other hymns composed by Philip P. Bliss are “Hold the Fort,” “It Is Well With My Soul,” “Jesus Loves Even
Me,” “My Redeemer,” “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning,” and “Once for All.”
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
The four verses of the hymn ask the listener four important questions:
The four verses of the hymn ask the listener four important questions:
I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed,
That thou might ransomed be, and raised up from the dead
I gave, I gave My life for thee, what hast thou given for Me?
I gave, I gave My life for thee, what hast thou given for Me?
My Father’s house of light, My glory circled throne
I left for earthly night, for wanderings sad and lone;
I left, I left it all for thee, hast thou left aught for Me?
I left, I left it all for thee, hast thou left aught for Me?
I suffered much for thee, more than thy tongue can tell,
Of bitterest agony, to rescue thee from hell.
I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee, what hast thou borne for Me?
I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee, what hast thou borne for Me?
And I have brought to thee, down from My home above,
Salvation full and free, My pardon and My love;
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, what hast thou brought to Me?
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, what hast thou brought to Me?
That thou might ransomed be, and raised up from the dead
I gave, I gave My life for thee, what hast thou given for Me?
I gave, I gave My life for thee, what hast thou given for Me?
My Father’s house of light, My glory circled throne
I left for earthly night, for wanderings sad and lone;
I left, I left it all for thee, hast thou left aught for Me?
I left, I left it all for thee, hast thou left aught for Me?
I suffered much for thee, more than thy tongue can tell,
Of bitterest agony, to rescue thee from hell.
I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee, what hast thou borne for Me?
I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee, what hast thou borne for Me?
And I have brought to thee, down from My home above,
Salvation full and free, My pardon and My love;
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, what hast thou brought to Me?
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, what hast thou brought to Me?
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Born: July 9, 1838, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
Died: December 29, 1876, Ashtabula, Ohio. Bliss and his wife died in a tragic train wreck caused by a
bridge collapse. He survived the initial impact, but went back into the flames in an unsuccessful atempt to
rescue his wife.
Buried: The remains retrieved from the Ashtabula disaster were placed in a common grave marked by a
cenotaph in the Ashtabula Cemetery. A cenotaph in memory of the Blisses was also erected in the
cemetery at Rome, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1877.
Died: December 29, 1876, Ashtabula, Ohio. Bliss and his wife died in a tragic train wreck caused by a
bridge collapse. He survived the initial impact, but went back into the flames in an unsuccessful atempt to
rescue his wife.
Buried: The remains retrieved from the Ashtabula disaster were placed in a common grave marked by a
cenotaph in the Ashtabula Cemetery. A cenotaph in memory of the Blisses was also erected in the
cemetery at Rome, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1877.
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I gave, I gave My life for thee, what hast thou given for Me? -
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
Jesus gave the ultimate gift of love by offering His life as a sacrifice for sin. God will ask all of us
what we have done with His Son Jesus? Have you accepted Him or have you rejected Him?
I left, I left it all for thee, hast thou left aught for Me? -
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross. Philippians 2:6-8
Christ not only took upon him the likeness and fashion, or form of a man, but of one in a low state;
not appearing in splendour. His whole life was a life of poverty and suffering. But the lowest step
was his dying the death of the cross, the death of a malefactor and a slave; exposed to public
hatred and scorn. Have you forsaken anything for the cause of Christ?
I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee, what hast thou borne for Me? -
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye
do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were
ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his
steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not
again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live
unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:20-24
Are you willing as a Christian to suffer persecution for the name of Christ? Yea, and all that will live
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, what hast thou brought to Me? -
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom
we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his
grace; Ephesians 1:6-7 -2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to
this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:1
Have you offered your body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God?
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
Jesus gave the ultimate gift of love by offering His life as a sacrifice for sin. God will ask all of us
what we have done with His Son Jesus? Have you accepted Him or have you rejected Him?
I left, I left it all for thee, hast thou left aught for Me? -
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross. Philippians 2:6-8
Christ not only took upon him the likeness and fashion, or form of a man, but of one in a low state;
not appearing in splendour. His whole life was a life of poverty and suffering. But the lowest step
was his dying the death of the cross, the death of a malefactor and a slave; exposed to public
hatred and scorn. Have you forsaken anything for the cause of Christ?
I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee, what hast thou borne for Me? -
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye
do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were
ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his
steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not
again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live
unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:20-24
Are you willing as a Christian to suffer persecution for the name of Christ? Yea, and all that will live
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, what hast thou brought to Me? -
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom
we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his
grace; Ephesians 1:6-7 -2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to
this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:1
Have you offered your body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God?
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