Advent Hymnals

634. ONE THING I OF THE LORD DESIRE

Church Hymnal 1941,


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. 

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 

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.
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    Title One Thing I of the Lord Desire
    Key B♭ Major
    Titles So wash me Thou, without, within,
    First Line One thing I of the Lord desire
    Author Walter C. Smith
    Year 1941
    Composer Fred H. Byshe
    Hymnal -
    Tune A CLEAN HEART
    Metrical pattern
    # Stanzas
    Chorus
    Chorus Type
    Subjects Sabbath School: Salvation and Redemption
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