Clasping of Hands

by George Herbert

Lord, thou art mine, and I am thine,
If mine I am: and thine much more,
Then I or ought, or can be mine:
Yet to be thine, doth me restore;
So that I now am mine,
And with advantage mine the more,
Since this being mine, brings with it thine,
And thou with me dost thee restore.
If I without thee would be mine,
I neither should be mine nor thine.

Lord, I am thine, and thou art mine:
So mine thou art, that something more
I may presume thee mine, then thine.
For thou didst suffer to restore
Not thee, but me, and to be mine,
And with advantage mine the more,
Since thou in death wast none of thine,
Yet then as mine didst me restore.
O be mine still! still make me thine!
Or rather make no Thine and Mine!

Jesus Giving a Helping Hand


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