Hymn

Perfect Purification

Charles Wesley

Metre 8.6.8.6.

Forever here my rest shall be,

Close to thy bleeding side;

This all my hope and all my plea

For me the Saviour died.

Blessed be the name,

Blessed be the name,

Blessed be the name of the Lord;

Blessed be the name,

Blessed be the name,

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

My dying Saviour and my God,

Fountain for guilt and sin,

Sprinkle me ever with thy blood,

And cleanse and keep me clean.

Wash me, and make me thus thine own;

Wash me, and mine thou art;

Wash me, but not my feet alone,

My hands, my head, my heart.

Th' atonement of thy blood apply,

Till faith to sight improve;

Till hope in full fruition die,

And all my soul be love.

Perfect Purification — Text from Light in the Valley, 1898. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/perfect-purification

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote Perfect Purification?

The words of Perfect Purification were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1898. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including All-sufficiency of His grace and Mutual Aid.

Is Perfect Purification public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from Light in the Valley, published in 1898. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.

What is the metre of Perfect Purification?

Perfect Purification is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Brotherly Love, Lord, When We Bend and The Holiness of God.