words by Kenneth Boulding, 1950
music by Nancy Nagler, 1985
Christ, thou Word of God once spoken,
Speak thou in me.
Christ, thou heart of God once broken,
Break thou in me.
Graft my branch to thy true vine,
Let thy life run full in mine.
Christ, who art of love the token,
Love thou in me.
Christ whose voice the dead hath woken,
Wake thou in me.
By thy love my life is bought,
Thine be every act and thought.
Christ, whom stone could not imprison,
Break forth in me.
Christ, first born of all the risen,
Rise up in me.
Reign, my King, in every part
Of my proud rebellious heart.
This setting to Boulding’s poem is #131 in Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal.