I Surrender All

Words: Judson W. Van DeVenter · Tune: SURRENDER, Winfield S. Weeden

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Organ and orchestra: an introduction, then each of the 5 verses. Tap a verse’s number to start there.

All to Jesus I surrender,All to Him I freely give;I will ever love and trust Him,In His presence daily live.
RefrainI surrender all,I surrender all;All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender,Humbly at His feet I bow;Worldly pleasures all forsaken,Take me, Jesus, take me now.
RefrainI surrender all,I surrender all;All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender,Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;Let me feel the Holy Spirit,Truly know that Thou art mine.
RefrainI surrender all,I surrender all;All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender,Lord, I give myself to Thee;Fill me with Thy love and pow'r,Let Thy blessing fall on me.
RefrainI surrender all,I surrender all;All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender,Now I feel the sacred flame;O the joy of full salvation!Glory, glory to His name!
RefrainI surrender all,I surrender all;All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,I surrender all.

About this hymn

Words: Judson W. Van DeVenter, 1896. As printed in The Voice of Praise (1904), no. 176.
Tune: SURRENDER, Winfield S. Weeden, 1896.
Harmony: Winfield S. Weeden, 1896. Score from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary. Converted to ABC from the CCEH’s MIDI file and checked note for note against it and its score.
Recordings: Arranged and recorded by Fish the Right, from the harmony above: the melody note for note and every chord the hymnal’s own. Played on the Salamander Grand Piano V3 by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0), with organ, strings, brass and timpani from VSCO 2 Community Edition by Versilian Studios (the organ sampled by Simon Dalzell); drums from Virtuosity Drums and bass from Black And Blue Basses by Versilian Studios and Karoryfer Samples; pads from GeneralUser GS by S. Christian Collins; made with abcMIDI, sfizz, FluidSynth and FFmpeg.
Rights: Words 1896, tune 1896, setting 1896: all published before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Checked: words (hymnary.org), tune (hymnary.org), harmony (ccel.org).