Purify My Heart (Refiner’s Fire) SAS 2/307

This song in the Lent section of Spirit and Song Vol 2 is another perfectly suited to private prayer or performance in Lent, but really unsuited to liturgy. It is by Brian Doerksen.

I’m struggling with these lyrics — do I choose to be holy? Is life enough of a refining fire or does this mean post death / primitive purgatory as Clement of Alexandria would have it. Maybe I think too much.

The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased for download.

My backing for once is restrained and almost tasteful.

I think this is the original:

Unless this one is:

OK, this one’s a cover:

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