--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Frisby, H. LeRoy collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 19 number: 2 published: 1915-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Frisby, H. LeRoy, "O Make Me Thine Forever," *Improvement Era* 19, no. 2 (December 1915): 164–167.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1902unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1902unse start_page: 164 end_page: 167 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1915-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1902unse publication_year: 1915 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1915, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # O Make Me Thine Forever 0 Make Me Thine Forever Music by H. LeRoy Frisby r-,-^ r — 0-0- 0 — »-r — i — i »f ^9-^ — — — jj- — ill— v-v— v-v ■*■ — r-h -*-—*- Introduction. ( l^^l =trf rit. e dim. 1 -£-<© — ce^- — fi-0-= -\m*^ — I r r tot 1 »-» » *~i •— I ' 1— -i — i-ii-«i — R iE^s- F^H — r— ^^-b'-^-^rF^'— t— ki-=i-h-s;j-P- j * g* — Fi-^^-F— ^E — i^-F— fcJ- — y — v- mf =t -— - Bass soZo. 0 sa - cred Head now wound - ed, with 3 :lii! -0 — •— t—Fr- 0- «-• — • — *rtJ 0-0 M~0T0 w~m~tt grief and pain bow'd down, Now scorn-ful-ly sur- -I 1 — . - =!—«—— I — ==!— ==1— I — =1—1 — — ^l— v — u- — a-F-i*-3-^*-=^-F— =1— 3—i— *— # — =" — Hi round - ed with thorns.Thine on-ly crown. =tz: !■-• -I #— tz+ #-" ■i=t O MAKE ME THINE FOREVER Duet, Soprano and Alto. 165 ppppiliipiitepp 0 sa-cred Head, what glo ry, What bliss till now was — I — L* , i=i g c : -&■ -0- Thine! Yet though despised and go ry. : -I 1 — i — j 1 — :q 1 — | 1 — | c^|_ — I joy to call Thee mine. The joy can ne'er be szzd^tett «*=« ■b— air— -W -d- -P- — #^ — 9- * — g~ £3- -#r- :S: q=F3 -■i — w- spo - ken, A - bove all joys be - side When through Thy _E2_L -r-i it *£*+ i=t=t= -a-P-l — P-=- *-l — *-|— 1-# — ^ * — I- m *-|— h* 1 — d~ pr~fe z*-« — « — F«- • * =T^ — r* ij L' 1*1 ■ II bod-y bro - ken, In safe - ty I a - bide, E^j^m^mM^^m 166 IMPROVEMENT ERA Soprano and Alto. =-3 — f-2v * — i 3- m.p. What language shall I bor - row; To thank Thee,dearest Tenor and Bass. -0- -m± -0- -*- k*- & -0 w — i v- **■ 0 W— tt==tz=t: -p- ■f- +=— '-w- — P- H *— *- ^=1: Friend — For this thy dy-ing sorrow, And pit - y with-out Z£=t=&=±*=* •-:pS^- =*=£= Oft :-t=fc=E-t=z: end? What language shall I bor - row, To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this Thy dv - ing sorrow. Thy pi - ty without -ffiTV .0. .p 0. p. 0. >? m m _0_ rHr—' i T—r&- H»- — 0 0 0 — -j— -0— s — 0- r -=i-f :E==fbE: •— -#±— p- p- \—c\ — It-F e end? mZL G make me thine for S> #— s- rr__e 1* — 1> — , — "&-^ 1 r^J r — r O MAKE ME THINE FOREVER 167 r-t— &- =f * - j_ _} 1 IJ L — ^1 — • ^ L#i ^ ev - er, and should I faint-ing be, Lord, let te=t=t ? -I r#i P , r-=V 1 r t— f a — ,-#4 — * n j—, j. r 1 r-±^£ d nev-er, nev - er Out tF live my love for J Thee. - — m— rit. im^E^mm^mi make me Thine for - ev - er, And should I faint-ing be, Lord, -U- rz=T-T=rL ,_ p^—l- gig— 3- ^ 1 let me nev-er, nev-er Out-live my love for Thee. -. „ r- r r — r— rrp -t»- -P- I !^g— L-U— t=z±z 32=4= I i