Blest are the pure in heart, For they shall see their God; The secret of the Lord is theirs ; Their soul is Christ's abode. He to the lowly soul Doth still himself impart, And for His dwelling and His throne, Chooseth the pure in heart. Lord! we Thy presence seek; May ours this blessing be; Oh, give the pure and lowly heart,A temple meet for Thee. Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old To Thee they went, the blind, the dumb, The leper with his tainted life, The sick with fevered frame. And lo! Thy touch brought life and health, In crowded street, by restless couch, Though love and might no longer heal Though they who do Thy work must read Yet come to heal the sick man's soul, Be Thou our great deliverer still, To hands that work and eyes that see, That whole and sick, and weak and strong, |