Keep thyself pure

Keep thyself pure! Christ’s soldier, hear,
Through life’s loud strife, the calls rings clear.
Thy captain speaks: his word obey;
So shall thy strength be as thy day.

Keep thyself pure! thrice blessèd he
Whose heart from taint of sin is free;
His feet shall stand where saints have trod,
He with rapt eyes shall see his God.

Keep thyself pure! for he who died,
Himself for thy sake sanctified;
Then hear him speaking from the skies,
And victor O’er temptation rise.

O Holy Spirit, keep us pure,
Grant us thy strength when sins allure;
Our bodies are thy temple, Lord;
Be Thou in thought and act adored.