Be Thou supreme, O Jesus Christ

Be Thou supreme, O Jesus Christ,
My soul exults in Thee;
To be Thy slave, to do Thy will,
Is my felicity.

Be Thou supreme O Jesus Christ
My inmost being fill !!
So shall I think as thou dost think and
will as thou dost will!!

The Lord has touched me on the matter of my will. It is much too strong and it is much too self-focused. It is partial to the Lord, only sometimes willing to be submitted. O Lord I repent!

But I pray Lord be thou supreme in my will! Make me to think as you think. Make me to will as you choose to will. Not my will but yours be done (Luke 22:42b). Be patient with me. Make me an overcomer. Continuously kiss me with the kisses of your mouth upon my self-willed neck.

Amen

John Temperley Grey was born circa 1837 near Hexham, Northumberland, England and died August 25, 1903 in Abbotsford, Somerset, England. Grey was a clerk. He visited John Newman in his last illness.

Although there is not much information on his biography, he wrote some spiritual poems found in his book “Lays of a Christian Life. ” (1868). One such poem is

Emmanuel
Great Son of God—Great Son of Man who didst our nature take
And out of all it’s foulness make
As light so clear the Father’s plan
Who stood in all our steps and took
In all its length the human way
And sin and ill and death did slay
And bound together man and God
Thine is the heart that feels our woe
And Thine the voice of all who plead
And Thine the love that meets our need
And Thine the hand that smites the foe
When first we know ourselves and know
The guilt of guilt, the wrong of wrong
And all that we think is safe and strong
Dissolves as fast as summer snow.

While all our histories do tell Of petty arms and selfish strife

Of life that having lost its life
Is slowly sinking into hell
Then as the anguished heart finds vent
In tears and groans and cries for grace
Thine is the soft and kind embrace
Of arms that fold the penitent.

Grey wrote another book titled “Apostle and Other Verses” (1902)

Praise our Lord!

Be Thou supreme, O Jesus Christ. Have the preeminence in me. Increase my love for You day by day, until this song becomes my reality - that nothing else can compare to You!

Be Thou supreme O Jesus Christ—in my whole heart, my mind, emotion, and will—fill me with Yourself that You would be the preeminence in all my considerations, in all my being.

Where can I get the full piano sheet music (new tune) written by E.C. as played here? It is beautiful and adds even more meaning to this hymn which is at the heart of our faith.

1. 願你為大，哦主耶穌！
信條、話語、虛儀、
屬人的會、屬世的愛，
不能與你相比。

副)
願你為大，哦主耶穌！
信條、話語、虛儀、
屬人的會、屬世的愛，
不能與你相比。

2. 願你為大，哦主耶穌！
你愛征服了我；
靠你十架我向己死，
完全為你而活。

3. 願你為大，哦主耶穌！
全人被你充滿，
使我思想像你思想，
喜歡像你喜歡。

4. 願你為大，哦主耶穌！
把我改變全備；
從這幔子（軟弱肉體）
顯出你的榮美。

5. 願你為大，哦主耶穌！
我心真是要求：
作你奴隸，行你旨意，
一生不再自由。