O for a heart to praise my God

370 Belmount. C. M.

1 O for a heart to praise my God,
   A heart from sin set free!
   A heart that always feels Thy blood
   So freely spilt for me!

2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
   My great 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 part
   From Him that dwells within:

4 A heart in every thought renewed,
   And hill of 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.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition