O To Be Like Thee

480 O To Be Like Thee

1 O to be like Thee! Blessed Redeemer,
   this is my constant longing and prayer;
   gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
   Jesus Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Refrain:
   Oh! to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,
   blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art!
   Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
   stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

2 O to be like Thee! Full of compassion,
   loving, forgiving, tender, and kind;
   helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
   seeking the wand’ring sinner to find. [Refrain]

3 O to be like Thee! Lowly in spirit,
   holy and harmless, patient, and brave;
   meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
   willing to suffer, others to save. [Refrain]

4 O to be like Thee! Lord, I am coming
   now to receive th’anointing divine;
   all that I am and have I am bringing,
   Lord, from this moment all shall be Thine. [Refrain]

5 O to be like Thee! While I am pleading,
   pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
   make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
   fit me for life and heaven above. [Refrain]
                         Thomas O. Chisholm
                         Hymns for the Family of God