Expository Songs

Hymns · 1906

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Songwriter Adelaide Pollard, George Stebbins

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Details

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from
Psalm 51:7Psalm 139:23-24Isaiah 64:8Jeremiah 18:6Romans 9:21II Corinthians 3:18Galatians 2:20

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to
Psalm 95:6Isaiah 1:18Matthew 8:3Matthew 11:28Matthew 28:18Mark 1:41Luke 5:13Ephesians 5:18

Lyrics

Verse 1
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Thou art the Pot­ter, I am the clay. (Isa. 64:8, Jer. 18:6)
Mold me and make me af­ter Thy will, (Rom. 9:21)
While I am wait­ing, yield­ed and still.

Verse 2
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Search me and try me, Mas­ter, to­day! (Ps. 139:23-24)
Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now, (Ps. 51:7, Isa. 1:18)
As in Thy pre­sence hum­bly I bow. (Ps. 95:6)

Verse 3
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Wounded and wea­ry, help me, I pray! (Matt. 11:28)
Power, all pow­er, sure­ly is Thine! (Matt. 28:18)
Touch me and heal me, Sav­ior di­vine. (Matt. 8:3, Mark 1:41, Luke 5:13)

Verse 4
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Hold o’er my be­ing ab­so­lute sway!
Fill with Thy Spir­it ’till all shall see (Eph. 5:18)
Christ on­ly, al­ways, liv­ing in me. (Gal. 2:20, II Cor. 3:18)