Acts 15: Thy Spirit sanctifying

Thy Spirit sanctifying
Shall change me more and more
From glory into glory,
Till quite mature I rise
Thy bliss untransitory
To share in paradise.

If God the Holy Ghost impart,
The living faith bestow,
His Spirit purifies the heart,
And makes us white as snow:
The heart that in His Son believes
Is purged from every stain,

And he who still to Jesus cleaves
Shall never sin again.
O would my gracious God confer
The Spirit of faith on me,
A foul desponding sinner cheer
By peace and purity!

Father in me reveal Thy love
If reconciled Thou art,
And all the filth of sin remove,
And keep my sprinkled heart.
The heart which in Thy Son confides
No longer is unclean,

Where Purity Himself resides
It must be pure from sin;
O may He dwell by faith in mine,
And thus Himself explain,
The real Holiness Divine
The perfect love in man!

What but the Spirit of faith Divine
Can purify a heart like mine,
The seat of every noisome lust,
Unclean, unholy, and unjust,
The sink of pride and vanity,
As Satan's, contrary to Thee.

Yet if in me Thy Spirit dwell
The Pledge, the Witness, and the Seal,
My heart shall lose its inbred stain,
Holy, and just, and pure remain;
Free from concupiscence, and pride,
While God doth in His house reside.

Thy presence makes the hallow'd place,
And keeps the vessel of Thy grace;
Thy presence saves my soul from sin,
Which never more shall enter in,
When Thou art with Thy Father come
To fill Thine everlasting home.