Have Thine Own Way, Lord

• 18 February 2026
• 1_ folder- sung in the philippines and original tunes,
• 2_ copyright- public domain_ text,
• 2_ copyright- active_ tune,
• 2_ instrumentation- four-part choir,
• 2_ language- english,
• 2_ key- c major or a minor,
• 3_ text title- have thine own way lord,
• 3_ tune name- alleluia_ francisco_ light from light,
• 4_ poetic meter- 5-4-5-4 iambic doubled but stressed every line_s first syllable

Hymn Information

Folder: Sung in the Philippines and Original Tunes, no. 23
Tune used, name: 'Alleluia (Francisco; Light from Light)'
Composer: Francisco, Manuel V. (b. 1965); biography
Lyricist: Pollard, Adelaide A. (1862–1934); written in 1902
Copyright (tune): from the album and scorebook, Light From Light, © 2012, Jesuit Music Ministry of Jesuit Communications Foundation, Inc.
Source used for tune: from bukaspalad.com
Source used for representative text: from hymnary.org, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal #153

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

• Sheet music, PDF
• Sheet music, MuseScore
• SynthV Studio project file, zipped
• MIDI note data

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

1
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Thou art the potter,
I am the clay.
Mold me and make me
after Thy will,
While I am waiting,
yielded and still.

2
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Search me and try me,
Master, today!
Brighter than snow, Lord,
wash me just now,
As in Thy presence
humbly I bow.

3
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Wounded and weary,
help me, I pray!
Power, all power,
surely is Thine!
Touch me and heal me,
Savior divine.

4
Have Thine own way, Lord!
Have Thine own way!
Hold o’er my being
absolute sway!
Fill with Thy Spirit
’till all shall see
Christ only, always,
living in me.

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