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Text:Help Me to Be Holy
Author:Adoniram J. Gordon
Tune:BRINK
Composer:Daniel Brink Towner
Media:MIDI file

2302. Help Me to Be Holy

1. Help me to be holy, O Father of light;
Guilt-burdened and lowly, I bow in Thy sight;
How shall a stained conscience dare gaze on Thy face,
E’en though in Thy presence Thou grant me a place?

2. Help me to be holy, O Savior divine;
Why conquer so lowly this nature of mine?
Stamp deeply Thy likeness where Satan’s has been;
Expel with Thy brightness my darkness and sin!

3. Help me to be holy, O Spirit divine;
Come, sanctify wholly this temple of Thine;
Now cast out each idol, here set up Thy throne.
Reign, reign without rival, supreme and alone!

Text Information
First Line: Help me to be holy, O Father of light
Title: Help Me to Be Holy
Author: Adoniram J. Gordon (ca. 1894)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BRINK
Composer: Daniel Brink Towner (1894)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Incipit: 34323 12217 13432
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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