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"Have Thine Own Way, Lord" is a Christian hymn with lyrics by Adelaide A. Pollard and music by George C. Stebbins. It was first published in 1907 in the "Northfield Hymnal with Alexander's Supplement". Later that year, it also appeared in two other popular hymnals, Ira Sankey's "Hallowed Hymns New and Old" and Sankey and Clement's "Best Endeavor Hymns".




Background


In 1902, Adelaide A. Pollard was hoping to go to Africa as a missionary but found herself unable to raise the needed funds to make the journey. Greatly discouraged, she attended a prayer service one evening and as she sat there, she overheard an elderly woman say "It really doesn't matter what you do with us, Lord, just have your own way with our lives." The elderly woman inspired Pollard and she contemplated the story of the potter from Jeremiah 18:3 and, upon her return home that evening, wrote all four stanzas before retiring for the night.
Five years later George Stebbins wrote a tune titled "Adelaide" to accompany the text.




Lyrics






Recordings


"Have Thine Own Way, Lord" remains popular and has been recorded by such artists as: Mahalia Jackson, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Eric Copeland, Cristy Lane, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, John Fogerty, Ned Beatty and most, recently by, Ronnie Milsap on his 2009 gospel album, Then Sings My Soul.




References


Barrows, Cliff and Husted, Don. Crusader Hymns and Hymn Stories. Chicago, Illinois: Hope Publishing Co., 1967; pp. 90–92.
Payne, Dillion. The Pioneer History of Davis County, Iowa. Bloomfield, Iowa: The Bloomfield Democrat, 1927; pp. 255–258.




External links


Words & music Archived 2013-10-27 at the Wayback Machine at the Cyber Hymnal
"Have Thine Own Way, Lord" at Glimpses of Christian History

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