Scripture Verse

Keep thyself pure. 1 Timothy 5:22

Introduction

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),

Lyrics

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.