Hymns and Tunes 1876 399
Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
1Blest are the pure in heart, For they shall see our God; The secret of the Lord is theirs, Their soul is his abode.
2Still to the lowly soul He doth himself impart, And for his temple and his throne Selects the pure in heart.
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Verse 1
Blest are the pure in heart, For they shall see our God; The secret of the Lord is theirs, Their soul is his abode./˘˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/27A
Verse 2
Still to the lowly soul He doth himself impart, And for his temple and his throne Selects the pure in heart./˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/26A
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