Breathe into this foul heart of mine,
Fill’d with purity divine
I then, O Lord, shall be,
And not a single thought unclean,
And not the least remains of sin
Shall ever lodge in me.
Breathe into this foul heart of mine
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?”—[Jer.] iv. 14. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 13.
Publishing: Public Domain