393 Just as I Am, Thine Own to Be
Marianne Hearn, 1834-1909
A young people’s consecration hymn, contributed to The Voice of Praise, 1887, published by the Sunday School Union of London. Verses 5 and 6, omitted here, read as follows:
With many dreams of fame and gold,
Success and joy to make me bold,
But dearer still my faith to hold,
For my whole life I come.
And for Thy sake to win renown,
And then to take the victor’s crown,
And at Thy feet to cast it down,
O Master, Lord, I come.
It was written by an Englishwoman, Marianne Hearn (nom de plume, Marianne Farningham), who, in early life, was a teacher in the primary schools, and later became a successful writer of articles for various periodicals, including The Christian Herald, published by James Clarke and Co. For a time she edited the London Sunday School Times. Miss Hearn published a half dozen or more volumes of poetry and an autobiography, A Working Woman’s Life.
MUSIC. JUST AS I AM. For comments on the composer, Joseph Barnby, see Hymn 21.