Words: Mary E. Maxwell, alt.
Little is known about the author. However, an English researcher unearthed the fact that a prolific author named Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born October 4, 1837. She married a John Maxwell in 1874, and died February 4, 1915. She is thought to be the author of this hymn.
Music: Ada Rose Gibbs, Twenty-Four Gems of Sacred Song, 1900
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How I praise Thee, precious Savior,
That Thy love laid hold of me;
Thou hast saved and cleansed and filled me
That I might Thy channel be.
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Channels only, blessèd Master,
But with all Thy wondrous power
Flowing through us, Thou canst use us
Every day and every hour.
Emptied that Thou shouldest fill me,
A clean vessel in Thy hand;
With no power but as Thou givest
Graciously with each command.
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Witnessing Thy power to save me,
Setting free from self and sin;
Thou who boughtest to possess me,
In Thy fullness, Lord, come in.
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Jesus, fill now with Thy Spirit
Hearts that full surrender know;
That the streams of living water
From our inner self may flow.
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