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Christians: Do you know the hymn "One thing I of the Lord desire" and do your remember all of the words?

It is such a beautiful hymn and the words are so meaningful, but I can only remember three verses, and I really, really would like to remember the other verse..

It goes like this:-

One thing I of the Lord desire

Though all my paths have miry been

Be it by water or by fire (not literal fire)

O make me clean, O make me clean

Chorus:

So wash me thou, without, within

Or purged with fire, if that must be

No matter how if only sin,

Die out in me, die out in me,

If greater vision, thou impart

Grateful and glad my soul shall be

But yet to have a purer heart

Is more to me, is more to me

Chorus

Missing verse...............

I watch to shun the miry clay

And staunch the springs of guilty thoughts

But watch and struggle as I may

Pure I am not, pure I am not

Chorus;

So wash me thou, without, within

Or purged with fire if that must be

No matter how, if only sin

Die out in me, die out in me

Thanks and please no stupid answers

Update:

Keith would you believe I just found the missing verse on line. The Holy Spirit surely speaks to our hearts. You should listen to the music that goes with the lyrics.

The third stanza:

Yea, only as this heart is clean

May larger vision yet be mine,

For mirrored in the depths are seen

The things divine, the things divine.

Update 2:

The last line of the third stanza I know as Of things divine, of things divine

Update 3:

Sorry, but as I was singing the third stanza the original words came back to me. In case you'd like to know it here it is:

Yea, only as this heart is clean

May larger vision yet be mine,

For mirrored in thy life is seen

Of things divine, of things divine

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  • Keith
    Lv 7
    5 years ago
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    Have heard the term before, not familiar with the Hymn, however, having read through these, cant imagine, what else could be missing, since this seems very complete and meaningful.

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