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Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart

by American Negro Spiritual

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 319.

Verse 1

Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart.

Verse 2

Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart.

Verse 3

Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart.

Verse 4

Lord, I want to be more like Jesus in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more like Jesus in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more like Jesus in my heart, in my heart.