“Create in Me a Clean Heart”
By Margaret Scott Hall
O Father, heed the prayer! In me create
A heart unselfish, free from worldly guile;
Cleanse now my soul from sin’s unworthy state,
Erase all stains, make pure the low and vile;
With human weakness, Lord, deal patiently,
Be thou my strength, bid man’s vain struggles cease,
And a right spirit now renew in me;
Bestow thy life, and grant thy wondrous peace. Though sin and death abound on every side,
In grace and mercy would my faith confide;
And through all trials this my prayer shall be:
A clean, pure heart, O God, create in me;
Heal all my troubles with the touch divine,
And cleanse and keep this erring heart of mine. —Margaret Scott Hall, in Pittsburg Christian Advocate.