Oh, To Be Like Thee

Words:
T. O. Chisholm
Music:
William J. Kirkpatrick

Sheet music

  1. 1O to be like Thee! blessed Redeemer;This is my constant longing and prayer;Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
  2. 2O to be like Thee! full of compassion,Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,Seeking the wand’ring sinner to find.O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
  3. 3O to be like Thee! Lord, I am coming,Now to receive th’anointing divine;All that I am and have I am bringing;Lord, from this moment all shall be Thine.O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1897, the words are in 139 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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