I’ll Bear It, Lord, for Thee

I longed to be a child of God

And do my Sav­ior’s will;

And yet the sin that most I feared

I knew un­con­quered still.

Dear Lord

I said

for as I knelt

I saw Him on the tree—

This hea­vy bur­den on my heart

I’ll glad­ly bear for Thee.

So now for Him who died for me

I’m will­ing all to bear

Obedient love will nev­er fail

To bring the an­swered pray­er.

The cold was lift­ed from my soul

My bur­den rolled away;

The light of joy around me shed

A calm and heav­en­ly ray.

Dear Lord

I said

I praise Thy name

For Thy rich grace to me;

My load is gone and now I rest

In per­fect peace with Thee.

I heard a gen­tle voice with­in

A whis­per soft and mild;

Thy sin was can­celed by His blood

Who owns thee for His child.

Dear Lord

I said

the work is Thine

And Thine the glo­ry be.

My life

my soul

my ev­ery pow’r

I con­se­crate to Thee.