法兰西丝·哈弗格（Frances R. Havergal，1836-1879）. Explore “Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak”: song information and official sources.
The pilgrim journey · Service and gifts
Havergal wrote this in April 1872, titling it A Worker’s Prayer and citing Romans 14:7: “For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.” The poem follows a chain of receiving before giving: first you speak, then I can speak; first you lead, then I can lead; first you give, then I have something to give. It puts ministry’s order right: receive first, give afterwards. Isaiah 50:4 says the same: “The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.” A listening ear comes before a tongue able to sustain others.
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