First Line: I want the adorning Divine,

I want the adorning Divine,
Thou only, my God, canst bestow ;
I want in those beautiful garments to shine,
Which distinguish Thy household below.
I want every moment to feel
That Thy Spirit resides in my heart,
That His power is present to cleanse and to heal,
And newness of life to impart.

2 I want, oh, I want to attain
Some likeness, my Saviour, to Thee !
That longed-for resemblance once
more to regain----
Thy comeliness put upon me !
I want to be marked for Thine own,
Thy seal on my forehead to wear;
To receive that new name on the
mystic white stone,
Which none but Thyself can declare.

3 I want as a traveller to haste
Straight onward, nor pause on my way ;
Nor forethought, nor anxious contrivance to waste
On the tent only pitched for a day.
I want, and this sums up my prayer,
To glorify Thee till I die ;
Then calmly to yield up my soul to
Thy care,
And breathe out, in faith, my last sigh.