Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Purer yet and purer
Topic: Aspiration to Holiness
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: S Vail
Meter: 6s and 5s double
Tune: Excelsior
Hymn Number: 562
Page Number: 201, 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.
Suff'ring still and doing,
To His will resign'd,
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 express'd.