YOU Have longed for sweet peace,
And for faith to increase,
And have earnestly, fervently prayed
But you cannot have rest,
Or be perfectly blessed
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 blessed.
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 always?
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 blessing for which we have prayed.
Till our body and soul
He doth fully control,
And our all on the altar is laid.