Bible Songs — Invitation

My All to Thee

I bring my sins to thee

No. 1292
Tune MY ALL TO THEE.
Words Frances R. Havergal.
Music T. C. O'Kane, by per.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

I bring my sins to thee,The sins I cannot count,That all may cleansed be,In the once opened Fount:I bring them, Saviour, all to thee;The burden is too great for me.

I bring my grief to thee,The grief I cannot tell;No words shall needed be,Thou knowest all so well:I bring the sorrow laid on me,O suff'ring Saviour! all to thee.

My joys to thee I bring,The joys thy love has giv'n,That each may be a wingTo lift me nearer heav'n:I bring them, Saviour, all to thee,Who hast procured them all for me.

My life I bring to thee,I would not be my own;O Saviour, let me beThine, ever thine alone.My heart, my life, my all, I bringTo thee, my Saviour and my King.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1292» (large, left), title «My All to Thee.» centred (condensed bold capitals and small capitals: «M», «A», «T» full capitals; final period); under it, on one line, the epigraph «"Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out."—John 6 : 37.» (roman, old-style figures); on the next line «FRANCES R. HAVERGAL.» at the left (words) and «T. C. O'KANE, by per.» at the right (music), the names in capitals and small capitals, «by per.» in roman lower case. No meter, no tune name other than the title, no tempo word, no reference line and no footer are printed. The four stanzas are interlinear, numbered «1.»–«4.» before the first syllable of system 1, four lines of words between the staves of each of the three systems; there is no chorus. Each printed line of words follows the staff, not the verse (system 1 breaks after «That / No / That / O», system 2 after «bring them, / bring the / bring them, / heart, my»); the stanzas are given here in their six verse lines. The words divided under the notes are joined here («cleans - ed», «o - pened», «can - not», «need - ed», «know - est», «near - er», «Sav - iour», «ev - er», «a - lone», «sor - row», «bur - den», «suf - f'ring», «pro - cured» → «cleansed», «opened», «cannot», «needed», «knowest», «nearer», «Saviour», «ever», «alone», «sorrow», «burden», «suff'ring», «procured»); the divisions are in `lyrics_syllables.txt` («cleans - ed» is sung in two syllables). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («tell ;», «own ;», «thee ;», «Fount :», «well :», «heav'n :», «6 : 37»); it is closed up here. Curly quotation marks and apostrophes are written straight («giv'n», «heav'n», «suff'ring»). Spelling («Saviour», «cleansed»), capitals («Fount», «Thine», «King»; the pronouns «thee», «thy», «thou» in lower case) and punctuation are the print's.