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Song: Have thine own way Lord
1. Song: Have thine own way Lord
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3. Song: Have thine own way Lord
Jeremiah 18:6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. [kjv]
… κεραμευς … κεραμεως … [lxx]
The hymn "
Have thine own way Lord" was written by Adelaide Pollard (1862-1934) in 1906 and based on Jeremiah 18:1-6.
Adelaide, not able to be a missionary to Africa, overheard a woman say "
It really doesn't matter what you do with us, Lord, just have your own way with our lives".
Combining that idea with Jeremiah 18 and the potter and the clay inspired the words to the song written that same evening.
The tune is ADELAIDE, written five years later, by American gospel song writer George Stebbins (1846-1945).
This is hymn #400 in the hymnal.
4. Potter and clay
Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after thy will,
while I am waiting, yielded and still.
5. Jeremiah 18:6
KJV: O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Hebrew: הכיוצר הזה לא אוכל לעשות לכם בית ישראל נאם יהוה הנה כחמר ביד היוצר כן אתם בידי בית ישראל׃
Greek: ει καθως ο κεραμευς ουτος ου δυνησομαι του ποιησαι υμας οικος ισραηλ ιδου ως ο πηλος του κεραμεως υμεις εστε εν ταις χερσιν μου
6. Isaiah
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. [kjv]
… πηλος εργον … χειρων … [lxx]
Isaiah, who preceded Jeremiah by many years, uses the "
potter" and "
clay" idea many times.
Aristotle, in his book on "
Meteorology" uses analogies between the "
potter" and the "
clay". (omitted)
7. Isaiah 64:8
KJV: But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Hebrew: ועתה יהוה אבינו אתה אנחנו החמר ואתה יצרנו ומעשה ידך כלנו׃
Greek: και νυν κυριε πατηρ ημων συ ημεις δε πηλος εργον των χειρων σου παντες
8. Paul
Romans 9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? [kjv]
… κεραμευς … πηλου … σκευος … [gnt]
Paul repeats the idea of the "
potter" and the "
clay" in Romans. The idea of "
vessels" can refer to "
people". Those in "
dishonor" may have separated themselves from the "
love of Christ".
9. Romans 9:21
KJV: Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Greek: η ουκ εχει εξουσιαν ο κεραμευς του πηλου εκ του αυτου φυραματος ποιησαι ο μεν εις τιμην σκευος ο δε εις ατιμιαν
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11. Verse 1
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter,
I am the clay.
Mold me and make me
after thy will,
while I am waiting,
yielded and still.
12. Verse 2
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Search me and try me,
Savior today!
Wash me just now, Lord,
wash me just now,
as in thy presence
humbly I bow.
13. Verse 3
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Wounded and weary,
help me I pray!
Power, all power,
surely is thine!
Touch me and heal me,
Savior divine!
14. Verse 4
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Hold o'er my being
absolute sway.
Fill with thy Spirit
till all shall see
Christ only, always,
living in me!
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