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.