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Hymns / Music :: Make Me A Captive, Lord

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"When You ascended on high, You led captives in your train." Psalm 68:18

Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
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George Matheson (1842-1906) Words: George Matheson, 1890.

Music: "Diademata," George Job Elvey, 1868


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  • "Leominster," George Walter Martin, 1862


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  • "Llanllyfni," John Jones (1797-1857), adapted by David Jenkins (1849-1915)


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George Job Elvey (1816-1893)

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.

My heart is weak and poor until it master find;
It has no spring of action sure, it varies with the wind.
It cannot freely move till Thou has wrought its chain;
Enslave it with Thy matchless love, and deathless it shall reign.

My power is faint and low till I have learned to serve;
It lacks the needed fire to glow, it lacks the breeze to nerve.
It cannot drive the world until itself be driven;
Its flag can only be unfurled when Thou shalt breathe from heaven.

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.

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