The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7395

7395. What Have I Done for Jesus?

1. Have I spoken words of love,
Or selfish have I gone?
Have I made some blackness white,
Or sung a cheerful song?
Have I brought a smile of hope,
Or wiped sad tears away?
Have I done a single thing
In Jesus’ name today?
Father, in penitence pleading,
Forgiveness I ask not in vain;
Tomorrow, if spared thro’ Thy mercy,
I’ll serve Thee again and again.
I’ll lift up the bruisèd and fallen,
I’ll lead the blind to the light;
For today I’ve done nothing for Jesus—
Hold me close in Your arms tonight.

2. Have I held the Savior’s face
Enshrined within my heart?
Have I lived for gain of gold,
My life absorbed in mart?
Have I visited the sick,
Their fever to allay?
Have I done a single thing
In Jesus’ name today?
Father, in penitence pleading,
Forgiveness I ask not in vain;
Tomorrow, if spared thro’ Thy mercy,
I’ll serve Thee again and again.
I’ll lift up the bruisèd and fallen,
I’ll lead the blind to the light;
For today I’ve done nothing for Jesus—
Hold me close in Your arms tonight.

3. Traveler worn with weary feet,
Behold the Master’s face;
Sin-sick soul, all tempest torn,
Repose in His embrace;
Weary ones, heart-aching ones,
Behold, His is the way,
Let me lead you to the Christ
In Jesus’ name today.
Father, Thy name I have spoken,
I’ve walked close beside Thee all day,
I’ve clung to the hem of Thy garment,
In fear lest I lose my way.
I’ve told others that sweet old story
From Heav’n they’ve seen Thy light;
Today I’ve done something for Jesus,
Let me rest in His arms tonight.

Text Information

• First Line: Have I spoken words of love
• Title: What Have I Done for Jesus?
• Author: Frederick Howard (1909)
• Adapter: Grace Medbury
• Adapter: George Ogden
• Language: English
• Source: Christian Gospel Songs (Chicago, Illinois: Charles Reign Scoville, 1909), number 86, arranged by Grace Medbury & George Ogden
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Have I spoken words of love]
• Composer: Frederick Howard (1909)
• Incipit: 33236 55354 47466
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain