Hymn
The Act of Consecration
- Writer
- Charles Wesley
Let Him to whom we now belong
His sovereign right assert,
And take up every thankful song,
And every loving heart.
He justly claims us for His own,
Who bought us with a price;
The Christian lives to Christ alone,
To Christ alone he dies.
Jesus, Thine own at last receive,
Fulfil our hearts' desire,
And let us to Thy glory live,
And in Thy cause expire.
Our souls and bodies we resign;
With joy we render Thee
Our all, no longer ours, but Thine
To all eternity.
The Act of Consecration — Text from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-act-of-consecration-2
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Act of Consecration?
The words of The Act of Consecration were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1917. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including Weary of Wandering From My God and Longing For Still Closer Communion.
Is The Act of Consecration public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1917. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of The Act of Consecration?
The Act of Consecration is in Common Meter (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, A Present Savior, Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ and Salvation Approaching.