Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Purer yet and purer
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Vail
Meter: 6s and 5s double
Tune: Excelsior
Hymn Number: 605
Page Number: 221, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPur-er yet and pur-er
I would be in mind,
Dearer yet and dear-er
Ev-ery du-ty find:
Hoping still, and trusting
God with-out a fear,
Pa-tien-tly be-live-ing
He will make all clear.
Calmer yet and calmer
Trial bear and pain,
Surer yet and surer
Peace at last to gain.
Suffering still and doing,
To his will resigned,
And to God subduing
Heart, and will, and mind;
Higher yet and higher,
Out of clouds and night,
Nearer yet and nearer
Rising to the light-
Oft these earnest longings
Swell within my breast;
Yet their inner meaning
Ne'er can be expressed.