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Oh, for a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free, With conscience sprinkled by the blood So freely shed for me. |
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A heart resigned, submissive, meek, My dear Redeemer’s throne; Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone. |
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A humble, lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean, Which neither death nor life can part From Him that dwells within. |
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A heart in every thought renewed, And filled with love divine; Perfect and right, and pure and good, A copy, Lord, of Thine. |
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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. |
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Detroit, MI, United States
This hymn, written by Charles Wesley less than 4 years after his conversion, is based on Ps 51:10, "Create in me a clean heart, O God." - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton
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The original 3rd line of stanza 1 says:
"A heart that always feels Thy blood" instead of "With conscience sprinkled by the blood"
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There are 3 additional stanzas not usually included in hymnals, which come before the last stanza:
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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 mine Eden repossest,
From self, and 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.
United States
Amen and amen.