The Poetical Works of Frances Ridley Havergal :: :: University of Virginia Library

‘I did this for thee! What hast thou done for Me?’

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(MOTTO PLACED UNDER A PICTURE OF OUR SAVIOUR IN THE STUDY OF A GERMAN DIVINE.)

I gave My life for thee,

Gal. ii. 20.

My precious blood I shed,

1 Pet. i. 19.

That thou might'st ransomed be,

Eph. i. 7.

And quickened from the dead.

Eph. ii. 1.

I gave My life for thee;

Tit. ii. 14.

What hast thou given for Me?

John xxi. 15-17.

I spent long years for thee

1 Tim. i. 15.

In weariness and woe,

Isa. liii. 3.

That an eternity

John xvii. 24.

Of joy thou mightest know.

John xvi. 22.

I spent long years for thee;

John i. 10, 11.

Hast thou spent one for Me?

1 Pet. iv. 2.

My Father's home of light,

John xvii. 5.

My rainbow-circled throne,

Rev. iv. 3.

I left, for earthly night,

Phil. ii. 7.

For wanderings sad and lone.

Matt. vii. 20.

I left it all for thee;

2 Cor. viii. 9.

Hast thou left aught for Me?

Luke x. 29.

I suffered much for thee,

Isa. liii. 5.

More than thy tongue may tell,

Matt. xxvi. 39.

Of bitterest agony,

Luke xxii. 44.

To rescue thee from hell.

Rom. v. 9.

I suffered much for thee;

1 Pet. ii. 21-24.

What canst thou bear for Me?

Rom. viii. 17, 18.

And I have brought to thee,

John iv. 10, 14.

Down from My home above,

John iii. 13.

Salvation full and free,

Rev. xxi. 6.

My pardon and My love.

Acts v. 31.

Great gifts I brought to thee;

Ps. lxviii. 18.

What hast thou brought to Me?

Rom. xii. 1.

Oh, let thy life be given,

Rom. vi. 13.

Thy years for Him be spent,

2 Cor. v. 15.

World-fetters all be riven,

Phil. iii. 8.

And joy with suffering blent;

1 Pet. iv. 13-16.

I gave Myself for thee:

Eph. v. 2.

Give thou thyself to Me!

Prov. xxiii. 28.