{"slug": "take-my-life-and-let-it-be", "title": "Take My Life and Let It Be", "first_line": "Take my life, and let it be", "author": "frances-havergal", "author_date": "1874", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 7, 7, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Consecration", "Discipleship", "Service"], "scripture": ["Romans 12:1"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "havergal-1874", "source_kind": "gutenberg", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Frances R. Havergal, 1874. Author d. 1879.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "take_my_life_and_let_it_be", "total_instances": 1357}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Take my life, and let it be con -- se -- crat -- ed, Lord, to Thee. Take my mo -- ments and my days; let them flow in cease -- less praise.", "prose": ["Take my life, and let it be", "consecrated, Lord, to Thee.", "Take my moments and my days;", "let them flow in ceaseless praise."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Take my hands, and let them move at the im -- pulse of Thy love. Take my feet, and let them be swift and beau -- ti -- ful for Thee.", "prose": ["Take my hands, and let them move", "at the impulse of Thy love.", "Take my feet, and let them be", "swift and beautiful for Thee."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Take my voice, and let me sing al -- ways, on -- ly, for my King. Take my lips, and let them be filled with mess -- ag -- es from Thee.", "prose": ["Take my voice, and let me sing", "always, only, for my King.", "Take my lips, and let them be", "filled with messages from Thee."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Take my sil -- ver and my gold; not a mite would I with -- hold. Take my in -- tell -- ect, and use ev -- ery pow'r as Thou shalt choose.", "prose": ["Take my silver and my gold;", "not a mite would I withhold.", "Take my intellect, and use", "every pow'r as Thou shalt choose."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Take my will, and make it Thine; it shall be no long -- er mine. Take my heart, it is Thine own; it shall be Thy ro -- yal throne.", "prose": ["Take my will, and make it Thine;", "it shall be no longer mine.", "Take my heart, it is Thine own;", "it shall be Thy royal throne."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}