Keep thyself pure.
1 Timothy 5:22
Words: Adelaide M. Plumptre, 1908.
Music: Pentecost (Boyd) William Boyd, 1864 (🔊 pdf nwc). First published in Thirty-Two Hymn Tunes Composed by Members of the University of Oxford, 1868.
If you know where to get a good picture of Plumptre or Boyd (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Keep thyself pure! Christ’s soldier, hear,
Through life’s loud strife, the calls rings clear.
Thy captain speaks: His word obey;
So shall thy strength be as thy day.
Keep thyself pure! Thrice blessèd he
Whose heart from taint of sin is free;
His feet shall stand where saints have trod,
He with rapt eyes shall see his God.
Keep thyself pure! For He who died,
Himself for thy sake sanctified;
Then hear Him speaking from the skies,
And victor o’er temptation rise.
O Holy Spirit, keep us pure,
Grant us Thy strength when sins allure;
Our bodies are Thy temple, Lord;
Be Thou in thought and act adored.