All to Jesus, I surrender;
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
Refrain
I surrender all, I surrender all,
All to Thee, my blessd Savior,
I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
Refrain
All to Jesus, I surrender;
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.
Refrain
All to Jesus, I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power;
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
Refrain
All to Jesus I surrender;
Now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name!
Refrain
For many years I had been studying art. My whole
life was wrapped up in its pursuit and the thing farthest from my mind
was active Christian service. My dream was to become an outstanding
and famous artist. After graduating from college, I studied drawing
and painting under a well-known German teacher. To help me
financially, I taught school and eventually I became supervisor of art
in the public schools of Sharon, Pennsylvania.
It was during this period in my life that a revival was held in the
First Methodist Church of which I was a member. I became very
interested in these meetings as a personal worker. The Spirit of God
was urging me to give up teaching and to enter the evangelistic field,
but I would not yield. I still had a burning desire to be an artist.
This battle raged for five years. At last the time came when I could
hold out no longer and I surrendered my all-my time and my talents. It
was then that a new day was ushered into my life. I wrote I
Surrender All in memory of the time when, after the long struggle,
I had surrendered and dedicated my life to active Christian service
for the Lord.
