O FOR a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free! A heart that always...
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O FOR a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free! A heart that always feels thy blood So freely spilt for me!
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A heart resigned, submissive, meek, My great Redeemer's throne, Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone;
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An humble, lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean; Which neither life nor death can part From him that dwells within;
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A heart in every thought renewed, And full of love divine; Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, A copy, Lord, of thine!
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Thy tender heart is still the same, And melts at human woe: Jesus, for thee distressed I am, I want thy love to know.
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My heart, thou know'st, can never rest, Till thou create my peace; Till, of my Eden re-possessed, From every sin I cease.
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Fruit of thy gracious lips, on me Bestow that peace unknown, The hidden manna, and the tree Of life, and the white stone.
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Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart! Come quickly from above, Write thy new name upon my heart, Thy new, best name of love.