I gave my life for thee,

1.

I gave my life for thee,

My precious blood I shed,

That thou might’st ransom’d be,

And quickened from the dead.

I gave, I gave my life for thee:

What hast thou given for me?

2.

I spent long years for thee

In weariness and woe,

That an eternity

Of joy thou mightiest know.

I spent, I spent long years for thee;

Hast thou spent one for me?

3.

My Father’s home of light,

my rainbow circled throne,

I left, for earthly night,

For wanderings sad and lone;

I left, I left it all for thee:

Hast thou left aught for me?

4.

I suffered much for thee,

More than thy tongue may tell,

Of bitt’rest agony,

To rescue thee from hell;

I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee:

What canst thou bear for me?

5.

And I have brought to thee,

Down from my home above,

Salvation full and free,

My pardon and my love;

Great gifts, great gifts I brought to thee;

What hast thou brought to me?

6.

O, let thy life be given,

Thy years for him be spent,

World fetters all be riv’n,

And joy with suff’ring blent;

I gave, I gave myself for thee:

Give thou thyself to me!”