Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#342

342. One thing I of the Lord desire

1 One thing I of the Lord desire
For all my way hath miry been
Be it by water or by fire,
O make me clean!

2 If clearer vision Thou impart,
Grateful and glad my soul shall be;
But yet to have a purer heart
Is more to me.

3 Yea, only as the heart is clean
May larger vision yet be mine,
For mirrored in its depths are seen
The things divine.

4 I watch to shun the miry way,
And stanch the spring of guilty thought;
But, watch and wrestle as I may,
Pure I am not.

5 So wash Thou me without, within;
Or purge with fire, if that must be;
No matter how, if only sin
Die out in me.

Text Information

• First Line: One thing I of the Lord desire
• Author: Dr. Walter C. Smith, 1824-
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Clean Heart; Prayer: For Clean Heart; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Evangelism; Heart: Clean

Tune Information

• Name: WILLENHALL
• Composer: J. Cluley, c. 1904
• Meter: 8.8.8.4
• Key: F Major or modal