Purer and Purer, Dear Lord

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Purer and purer dear Lord I would be

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [Purer and purer, dear Lord, I would be]
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1 Purer and purer, dear Lord, I would be,
From all my sin and impurity free,
Cleansed from corruption, from dross, and from stain
Till not a spot or a wrinkle remain.

Refrain:
Enter thou in, cleanse me from sin,
Perfect thy work of redemption in me;
Seal and refine this heart of mine,
Purer and purer in love I would be.

2 Holier, Lord, and from worldliness free,
Bearing the seal of thy grace upon me,
Having thy love in its fulness complete,
This is the blessing I humbly entreat. [Refrain]

3 Pure as the saints in thy presence above,
Stronger in faith and more perfect in love,
Sealed and anointed and happy alway,
This is the blessing I fervently pray. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Matchless Love: for evangelistic services, devotional meetings and Sunday schools #46

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Purer and purer dear Lord I would be
Title:	Purer and Purer, Dear Lord
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Enter thou in, cleanse me from sin
Copyright:	Public Domain