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Hymn 463

O For A Heart To Praise My God

ARLINGTON, C.M.

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!

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

O for a lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within.

A heart in ev'ry tho't renewed
And full of love divine;
Perfect and right and pure and good
A copy, Lord, of Thine.

First Line
O for a heart to praise my God
Music
Dr. Thomas Arne, 1710-1788 (1762)
Arrangement
arr. by Ralph Harrison, 1748–1810 (1784)
Lyrics
from Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
First Appeared
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