Make Me Holy

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Father, I would be made holy

Author: E. A. Hoffman
Tune: [Father, I would be made holy]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Father, I would be made holy,
Cleansed from ev'ry single stain;
Oh, impart to me this blessing,
Thro' the Lamb for sinners slain.

Chorus:
Make me holy, pure and clean,
Here's my heart, Lord, enter in,
Enter in, enter in,
Blessed Saviour enter in.

2 Grant, oh grant me my petition!
Drive unholy tho'ts away;
Change to joy my deep contrition,
Turn my night to glorious day. [Chorus]

3 I am weak and sinful, Father;
I've no merits of my own;
Make me holy, Lord! I claim it
By the merits of thy Son. [Chorus]

Source: The Evergreen: songs for the Sunday school, sanctuary and home circle #18a

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Author: E. A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Father, I would be made holy
Title:	Make Me Holy
Author:	E. A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Make me holy, pure, and clean
Copyright:	Public Domain