Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Godly Life

O for a heart to praise my God

  • No. 645
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 5 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

O for a heart to praise my God!A heart from sin set free!A heart that's sprinkled with the bloodSo freely shed for me!

2

A heart resigned, submissive, meek,My dear Redeemer's throne;Where only Christ is heard to speak,Where Jesus reigns alone!

3

A humble, lowly, contrite heart,Believing, true, and clean,Which neither life nor death can partFrom Him that dwells within.

4

A heart in every thought renewed,And filled with love divine!Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,A copy, Lord, of thine!

5

Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart,Come quickly from above,Write thy new name upon my heart,Thy new, best name of love.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «645» (large) with the reference line «114, 201, 943.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 114, 201 or 943); stanzas 1–3 stand at the foot of the left column of p. 210 and stanzas 4–5 at the top of the right column, with «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 5. The first words are set «O FOR», the «O» as a full capital and «FOR» in small capitals; written in ordinary type here. The stanza numbers are printed without a period («1» … «5»); written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («God !», «free !», «me !», «throne ;», «alone !», «divine !», «thine !»); it is closed up here, and the apostrophes («that's», «Redeemer's») are written straight. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6, like the referenced tunes). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Godly Life · No. 645 · printed page 210
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02