“I gave my life for thee”

I Gave my life for thee,   My precious blood I shed That thou might’st ransomed be,   And quickened from the dead. I gave my life for thee; What hast thou given for me? I spent long years for thee   In weariness and woe, That an eternity   Of joy thou mightest know. I spent long years for thee; Hast thou spent one for me? My Father’s home of light,   My rainbow-circled throne, I left, for earthly night,   For wanderings sad and lone. I left it all for thee; Hast thou left aught for me? I suffered much for thee,   More than thy tongue may tell Of bitterest agony,   To rescue thee from hell. I suffered much for thee; What canst thou bear for me? And I have brought to thee,   Down from my home above, Salvation full and free,   My pardon and my love. Great gifts I brought to thee; What hast thou brought to me? Oh, let thy life be given,   Thy years for him be spent, World-fetters all be riven,   And joy with suffering blent; I gave myself for thee: Give thou thyself to me!