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Text:Thou Art, O God! A Spirit Pure
Author:John Needham
Tune:DEPAUW
Composer:Robert Guy McCutchan
Media:MIDI file

9507. Thou Art, O God! A Spirit Pure

1 Thou art, O God! a Spirit pure,
Invisible to mortal eyes;
Th’immortal, and th’eternal King,
The great, the good, the only wise.

2 Whilst nature changes, and her works
Corrupt, decay, dissolve and die,
Thy essence pure no change shall see,
Secure of immortality.

3 Thou great invisible! what hand
Can draw Thy image spotless fair?
To what in Heaven, to what on earth
Can men th’immortal King compare?

4 Let stupid heathens frame their gods
Of gold and silver, wood and stone;
Ours is the God that made the heavens,
Jehovah He, and God alone.

5 My soul, Thy purest homage pay,
In truth and spirit Him adore;
More shall this please than sacrifice,
Than outward forms delight Him more.

Text Information
First Line: Thou art, O God! a Spirit pure
Title: Thou Art, O God! A Spirit Pure
Author: John Needham
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns Devotional and Moral on Various Subjects (Bristol, England: S. Farley, 1768)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: DEPAUW
Composer: Robert Guy McCutchan (1930)
Meter: LM
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: Midi
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