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Lord, I come to thee beseeching

Author: Ruth Tracy (1870-1960) Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge

Lord, I pray that I may know thee

Author: Ruth Tracy (1870-1960) Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge

Whiter than snow, yes, whiter than snow

Author: James Nicholson (c 1828-76) Appears in 663 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge First Line: Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole, I want thee for ever to live in my soul; Break down every idol, cast out every foe, Now wash me. and I shall be whiter than snow. Refrain: Whiter than snow, yes, whiter than snow, Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 2 Lord Jesus, let nothing unholy remain, Apply thine own blood and remove every stain; To get this blest washing I all things forgo; Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 3 Lord Jesus, thou seest I patiently wait; Come now, and within me a new heart create; To those who have sought thee thou never saidst: No! Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 4 The blessing by faith I receive from above. O glory, my soul is made perfect in love! My prayer has prevailed, and this moment I know The blood is applied, I am whiter than snow.

Lord, through the blood of the Lamb that was slain

Author: Herbert Howard Booth (1862-1926) Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge Lyrics: 1 Lord, through the blood of the Lamb that was slain, Cleansing for me; From all the guilt of my sins now I claim Cleansing from thee. Sinful and black though the past may have been, Many the crushing defeats I have seen, Yet on thy promise, O Lord, now I lean, Cleansing for me. 2 From all the sins over which I have wept, Cleansing for me; Far, far away by the blood-current swept, Cleansing for me. Jesus, thy promise I dare to believe, And as I come thou wilt surely receive, That over sin I may never more grieve, Cleansing for me. 3 From all the doubts that have filled me with gloom, Cleansing for me; From all the fears that would point me to doom, Cleansing for me. Jesus, although I may not understand, In childlike faith now I stretch forth my hand, And through thy word and thy grace I shall stand, Cleansed by thee. 4 From all the care of what men think or say, Cleansing for me; From ever fearing to speak, sing or pray, Cleansing for me. Lord, in thy love and thy power make me strong That all may know that to thee I belong; When I am tempted, let this be my song, Cleansing for me.

Love divine, all loves excelling

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-88) Appears in 1,864 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of Heaven, to earth come down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every longing heart. 2 Come, almighty to deliver, Let us all thy grace receive; Suddenly return, and never, Never more thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, Serve thee as thy hosts above; Pray and praise thee without ceasing, Glory in thy perfect love. 3 Finish then thy new creation, Pure and spotless let us be; Let us see thy great salvation, Perfectly restored in thee. Changed from glory into glory, Till in Heaven we take our place, Till we cast our crowns before thee, Lost in wonder, love and praise.

Love divine, from Jesus flowing

Author: Elizabeth MacKenzie (1853-1943) Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge Lyrics: 1 Love divine, from Jesus flowing, Living waters rich and free, Wondrous love without a limit, Flowing from eternity; Boundless ocean, I would cast myself on thee. 2 Love surpassing understanding, Angels would the mystery scan, Yet so tender that it reaches To the lowest child of man. Let me, Jesus, Fuller know redemption’s plan. 3 Love that pardons past transgression, Love that cleanses every stain, Love that fills to overflowing Yet invites to drink again; Precious fountain, Which to open Christ was slain. 4 From my soul break every fetter, Thee to know is all my cry; Saviour, I am thine for ever, Thine I’ll live and thine I’ll die, Only asking More and more of love’s supply.

O Christ of pure and perfect love

Author: William Booth (1829-1912) Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge Lyrics: 1 O Christ of pure and perfect love, Look on this sin-stained heart of mine! I thirst thy cleansing grace to prove, I want my life to be like thine. O see me at thy footstool bow, And come and sanctify me now! 2 What is it keeps me out of all 1 The love and faith and fire I need? O drive thy foes from out my soul Whate’er it cost, howe’er I bleed! No sin-cursed thing shall I allow If thou wilt sanctify me now. 3 In vain my fearful heart points back To failures in dark days gone by; These shall not drive me from the track Of heavenly flame once more brought nigh. To keep thy grace thou’lt show me how, So come and sanctify me now. 4 O pour on me the cleansing flood, Nor let thy side be cleft in vain! ‘Tis done, I feel the precious blood Does purge and keep from every stain. To all the world I dare avow That Jesus sanctifies me now.

Hear my pleading, Lord

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-88) Appears in 163 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge First Line: O come and dwell in me Lyrics: 1 O come and dwell in me, Spirit of power within! And bring the glorious liberty From sorrow, fear and sin. Refrain: Hear my pleading, Lord; Make my spirit free; Fill my soul with perfect love; O come and dwell in me! 2 The whole of sin’s disease, Spirit of health, remove, Spirit of perfect holiness, Spirit of perfect love. 3 I want the witness, Lord, That all I do is right, According to thy will and word, Well pleasing in thy sight. 4 I ask no higher state, Give me but grace for this; And then at last, dear Lord, translate Me to eternal bliss.

O for a closer walk with God

Author: William Cowper (1731-1800) Appears in 1,370 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge Lyrics: 1 O for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed; How sweet their memory till! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate’er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.

O for a heart whiter than snow

Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920) Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: The life of holiness Challenge First Line: O for a heart that is whiter than snow Lyrics: 1 O for a heart that is whiter than snow, Kept, ever kept ‘neath the life-giving flow, Cleansed from all evil, self-seeking and pride, Kept pure and holy by Calvary’s tide! Refrain: O for a heart whiter than snow! Saviour divine, to whom else shall go? Thou who didst die, loving me so, Give me a heart that is whiter than snow. 2 O for a heart that is whiter than snow, Calm in the peace that he loves to bestow, Daily refreshed by the heavenly dews, Ready for service whene’er he shall choose! 3 O for a heart that is whiter than snow, With the pure flame of the Spirit aglow, Filled with the love that is true and sincere, Love that is able to banish all fear! 4 O for a heart that is whiter than snow, Then in his grace and his knowledge to grow, Growing like him who my pattern shall be, Till in his beauty my King I shall see!