Every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.
1 John 3:3
Words: Adapted from Kate L. Colby in the Christian Science Hymnal (Boston, Massachusetts: Christian Science Publishing, 1893), number 37.
Music: Pixham Horatio W. Parker, 1901 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Colby (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Parker,
Be true and list the voice within,
Be true unto thy high ideal,
Thy perfect self, that knows no sin,
That self that is the only real.
God is the only perfect One:
My perfect self is one with Him;
So man is seen as God’s own son,
When truth dispels the shadows dim.
True to our God whose name is Love,
We shall fulfill our Father’s plan;
For true means true to God above,
To self, and to our fellow man.