Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Words by Adelaide A. Pollard, 1907.

Verse 1. Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Thou art the Potter;
I am the clay.
Mould me and make me
After thy will,
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!
Whiter than snow, Lord,
Wash me just now,
As in thy presence
Humbly I bow.

Verse 3. Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Wounded and weary,
Help me, I pray!
Power—all power—
Surely is thine!
Touch me and heal me,
Saviour divine!

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
Christ only, always,
Living in me!

Text copied from New Baptist Hymnal (1926). The words were published in 1907, which places them in the public domain in the United States, so your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.

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