The girls have been working on a piano\/flute duet of the following hymn and as a result, the words have been running through my mind on and off for days. Is MY all on the altar? Does the Holy Spirit control MY heart?\u00a0Are MY body and soul yielded to Him?<\/p>\n
You have longed for sweet peace,
\nAnd for faith to increase,
\nAnd have earnestly, fervently prayed;
\nBut you cannot have rest,
\nOr be perfectly blest,
\nUntil all on the altar is laid.<\/p>\n
\nIs your all on the altar of sacrifice laid?<\/strong> Would you walk with the Lord, Oh, we never can know Who can tell all the love (Elisha A. Hoffman)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The girls have been working on a piano\/flute duet of the following hymn and as a result, the words have been running through my mind on and off for days. Is MY all on the altar? Does the Holy Spirit control MY heart?\u00a0Are MY body and soul yielded to Him? 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. 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. 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. 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. Who can tell all the love He will send from above, And how happy our hearts will be made; Of the fellowship sweet We shall share at His feet, When our all on the altar is laid. (Elisha A. Hoffman)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-song","category-surrender"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-1Hn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6534,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533\/revisions\/6534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYour heart does the Spirit control?<\/strong>
\nYou can only be blest,<\/strong>
\nAnd have peace and sweet rest,<\/strong>
\nAs you yield Him your body and soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIn the light of His word,
\nAnd have peace and contentment alway?
\nYou must do His sweet will,
\nTo be free from all ill,
\nOn the altar your all you must lay.<\/p>\n
\nWhat the Lord will bestow
\nOf the blessings for which we have prayed,
\nTill our body and soul
\nHe doth fully control,
\nAnd our all on the altar is laid.<\/p>\n
\nHe will send from above,
\nAnd how happy our hearts will be made;
\nOf the fellowship sweet
\nWe shall share at His feet,
\nWhen our all on the altar is laid.<\/p>\n