Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O for a heart to praise my God
Topic: Christian/Aspirations
Writer: William Cowper
Composer: T Cook
Meter: CM
Tune: Prayer
Hymn Number: 268
Page Number: 089, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO FOR a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free;
A heart that always feels the blood
So freely shed for me;
A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer's throne-
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone!
O for a lowly, contrite heart,
Confiding, true, and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From him that dwells within;
A heart in every thought renewed,
And full of love divine,
Perfect and right, and pure and good,
A copy, Lord, of thine!
Thy Spirit, gracious Lord, impart;
Direct me from above;
May thy dear name be near my heart-
That dear, best name is Love.