Oh, for a heart of de­vo­tion,
A spir­it that wor­ships aright,
A soul full of ear­nest be­liev­ing,
That walks with the Lord in the light;
And oh, for a spir­it like Je­sus,
Kind, gen­tle, af­fect­ion­ate, true;
A spir­it of sweet re­sig­na­tion,
A heart clean with­in, and made new.

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Oh, for a clean heart, Je­sus, I pray Thee,
Oh, for a clean heart,
A heart from all sin­ning set free.

Oh, for a deep sense of du­ty—
Just do­ing His bid­ding each day,
By tak­ing the task He as­signs me,
And fol­low­ing Him in the way;
Contented to serve, with­out ask­ing
Him just what the har­vest will be,
But wait­ing till He shall re­veal it,
Content then the bless­ing to see.

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Oh, for a sense of de­pen­dence,
Not trust­ing to what I can do;
A lean­ing by faith on His pro­mise,
A zeal that will car­ry me thro’;
A heart full of love for the Mas­ter,
And those who are yet far from home;
A mind full of sanc­ti­fied pur­pose,
A heart that is ful­ly His own.

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