Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Purer yet and purer
Topic: Christian/Aspirations
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: S Vail
Meter: 6s and 5s double
Tune: Excelsior
Hymn Number: 582
Page Number: 215, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPURER yet and purer
I would be in mind,
Dearer yet and dearer
Every duty find;
Hoping still, and trusting
God without a fear,
Patiently believing
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.