Live out Thy life within me

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 316.

Verse 1

Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings! Be Thou Thyself the answer To all my questionings; Live out Thy life within me, In all things have Thy way! I, the transparent medium Thy glory to display.

Verse 2

The temple has been yielded, And purified of sin; Let Thy Shekinah glory Now shine forth from within, And all the earth keep silence, The body henceforth be Thy silent, gentle servant, Moved only as by Thee.

Verse 3

Its members every moment Held subject to Thy call, Ready to have Thee use them, Or not be used at all; Held without restless longing, Or strain, or stress, or fret Or chafings at Thy dealings, Or thoughts of vain regret.

Verse 4

But restful, calm, and pliant, From bend and bias free, Awaiting Thy decision, When Thou hast need of me. Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings! Be Thou the glorious answer To all my questionings.