Christ in Song ‎#19

19. A Clean Heart

1 One thing I of the Lord desire,
For all my paths have miry been,
Be it by water or by fire,
O make me clean, O make me clean.

Refrain:
So wash me thou, without, within,
Or purge with fire, If that must be,
No matter how, if only sin die out in me,
die out in me.

2 If clearer vision thou impart,
Grateful and glad my soul shall be;
But yet to have a purer heart,
Is more to me, Is more to me. [Refrain]

3 Yea, only as this heart is clean
May larger vision yet be mine,
For mirrored in Thy life are seen
The things divine, The things divine. [Refrain]

4 I watch to shun the miry way,
And stanch the springs of guilty thought,
But watch and struggle as I may,
Pure I am not, Pure I am not. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: One thing I of the Lord desire
• Title: A Clean Heart
• Author: Rev. Walter C. Smith
• Refrain First Line: So wash me Thou, without, within
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Invitation and Repentance; Special Selections: Solos
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [One thing I of the Lord desire]
• Composer: Fred H. Byshe
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.