"Blessed are the Pure in Heart"

They who have kept their spirit's virgin whiteness
     Undimmed by folly and unstained by sin, 
And made their foreheads radiant with the brightness 
     Of the pure truth whose temple is within — 
                              They shall see God.

Freed from the thrall of every sinful passion, 
     Around their pathway beams celestial light;
They drink with joy the waters of salvation, 
     And in His love whose love is infinite — 
                              They shall see God.

Though clouds may darken into storms around them, 
     The promise pours through all its steady ray; 
Nor hate can daunt nor obloquy confound them, 
     Nor earth's temptations lure them from the way 
                              That leads to God.

They shall see God! O, glorious fruition
     Of all their hopes and longings here below!
They shall see God in beatific vision, 
     And evermore into His likeness grow — 
                              Children of God!

So when the measure of their faith is meted, 
     And angels beckon from the courts on high,
Filled with all grace, the work divine completed, 
     They shall put on their immortality,
                              And dwell with God!