54 One thing, I for the Lord
[V1]
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.
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.
[C]
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)
[V2]
If clearer visions Thou impart,
Grateful and glad my soul shall be,
But yet to have a purer heart,
Is more to me, Is more to me.
If clearer visions Thou impart,
Grateful and glad my soul shall be,
But yet to have a purer heart,
Is more to me, Is more to me.
[C]
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)
[V3]
Yes, 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
Yes, 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
[C]
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)
[V4]
I watch to shun the miry way,
And snatch the springs of guilty thot’,
But watch and struggle as I may,
Pure I am not, Pure I am not.
I watch to shun the miry way,
And snatch the springs of guilty thot’,
But watch and struggle as I may,
Pure I am not, Pure I am not.
[C]
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)
So wash me Thou-------- without, within,
(Wash me, Thou, without, within)
Or purge with fire, --------- If that must be,
(Or purge with fire, If that must be)
No matter how, ---------- if only sin.
(Any how if only sin)
die out in me, die out in me. (die out in me)