PURE

"Think on these things" ‑   who was as pure as He?
He was not only, amid defilement, clean
But His approach  made all defilement flee.
The spotless Lamb  His cleanness made Him meet
To undertake  unutterable grief
Being made sin  ensuring our release
And giving God  fresh reason to be pleased.
Now God delights  in songs of His redeemed,
Themselves now washed, who in Him are relieved;
They love to follow  wherever He may lead
Out of this earth  into His own demesne,
Pure grace above,  pure mercy underneath.