Consecration

Verse 1

O Thou exalted Son of God, High seated on Thy Father’s throne! The gifts, the purchase of Thy blood, To us Thy waiting saints make known.

Verse 2

Come, Holy Ghost, all-sacred Fire! Come, fill Thy earthly temples now; Emptied of every base desire, Reign Thou within, and only Thou.

Verse 3

Thy sovereign right, Thy gracious claim, To every thought and every power; Our lives,—to glorify Thy name, We yield Thee in this sacred hour.

Verse 4

Fill every chamber of the soul; Fill all our thoughts, our passions fill; Till under Thy supreme control, Submissive rests our cheerful will.

Verse 5

‘Tis done; Thou dost this moment come; My longing soul is all Thine own; My heart is Thy abiding home; Henceforth I live for Thee alone.

Verse 6

The altar sanctifies the gift; The blood insures the boon divine; My outstretched hands to heaven I lift, And claim the Father’s promise mine.

Verse 7

Now rise, exulting rise, my soul; Triumphant sing the Saviour’s praise; His name through earth and skies extol With all thy power through all the days.