The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4817

4817. O for a Heart to Praise My God

1. O for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free,
A heart that always feels Thy blood
So freely shed for me.

2. A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer’s throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.

3. A humble, lowly, contrite, heart,
Believing, true and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Christ who dwells within.

4. A heart in every thought renewed
And full of love divine,
Perfect and right and pure and good,
A copy, Lord, of Thine.

5. Thy tender heart is still the same,
And melts at human woe:
Jesus, for thee distressed I am,
I want Thy love to know.

6. My heart, Thou know’st, can never rest
Till Thou create my peace;
Till of mine Eden repossest,
From self, and sin, I cease.

7. Fruit of Thy gracious lips, on me
Bestow that peace unknown,
The hidden manna, and the tree
Of life, and the white stone.

8. Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;
Write Thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of Love.

Text Information

• First Line: O for a heart to praise my God
• Title: O for a Heart to Praise My God
• Author: Charles Wesley (1742)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ARLINGTON, Thomas A. Arne, 1762; arranged by Ralph Harrison, 1784; AZMON, Carl G. Gläser, 1828; arranged by Lowell Mason, 1839; STOCKTON (WRIGHT), T. Wright, 1763-1829

Tune Information

• Name: RICHMOND (Haweis)
• Composer: Thomas Haweis (1792)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 51354 34213 25171
• Key: F Major
• Source: Car­mi­na Chris­to, 1792
• Copyright: Public Domain