198.  More Likeness To Thee

1
O for a heart more like my God,
From imperfection free;
A heart conformed unto thy Word,
And pleasing, Lord, to thee;

2
A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer’s throne
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone;

3
A humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From him who dwells within;

4
A heart in ev’ry thought renewed,
And full of love divine,
Perfect, and right, and pure, and good
A copy, Lord, of thine.