You have longed for sweet peace, and for faith to increase

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You have longed for sweet peace, and for faith to increase,
  And have earnestly, fervently prayed;
But you cannot have rest, or be perfectly blest,
  Until all on the altar is laid.
AYou 
have 
Dlonged 
for sweet 
D/Apeace, 
and for 
D/F#faith 
to in
Dcrease, 
And have 
Aear
nestly, 
A7/C#fer
vently 
Dprayed; 
G/DBut 
you 
Dcan
not have 
A/C#rest, 
or be 
Bmper
fectly 
D/Ablest, 
Until 
Emall 
on the 
A7al
tar is 
G/Dlaid. 
 
Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid?
  Your heart, does the Spirit control?
You can only be blest and have peace and sweet rest,
    As you yield Him your body and soul.
D7Is 
your 
Gall 
on the altar of 
Dsa
crifice 
D/F#laid? 
Your 
Eheart, 
does the 
E7/G#Spir
it con
Atrol? 
A7You 
can 
Don
ly be 
A/C#blest 
and have 
Bmpeace 
and sweet 
D/Arest, 
As you 
Gyield 
Him your 
A7bo
dy and 
G/Dsoul.
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Would you walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
  And have peace and contentment alway;
You must do His sweet will to be free from all ill;
  On the altar your all you must lay.
Would you walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
  And have peace and contentment alway;
You must do His sweet will to be free from all ill;
  On the altar your all you must lay.
3
Oh, we never can know what the Lord will bestow
  Of the blessings for which we have prayed,
Till our body and soul He doth fully control,
  And our all on the altar is laid.
Oh, we never can know what the Lord will bestow
  Of the blessings for which we have prayed,
Till our body and soul He doth fully control,
  And our all on the altar is laid.
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Who can tell all the love He will send from above!
  Oh, how happy our heart will be made!
Oh, what fellowship sweet we shall share at His feet,
  When our all on the altar is laid!
Who can tell all the love He will send from above!
  Oh, how happy our heart will be made!
Oh, what fellowship sweet we shall share at His feet,
  When our all on the altar is laid!
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