Main message: A personal repentance to ask God to clean our thoughts and mind.
Bible references:
V1: “Search me..." (Psalm 139:23)
"cleanse me from every sin" (Psalm 51:1, 7)
V2. "Thy word make me pure" (Psalm 119:140)
"magnify thy name" (Psalm 34:3)
V3. "Make me pure within" (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
"fill my poor heart with... divine" (1 Peter 1:22-23)
"take all my will... in me abide" (John 15:4-9)
V4. "O Holy Spirit..." (Ephesians 4:22-24)(Romans 12:1-2)
Keywords: Search me, O God, heart, Saviour, thoughts, pray, See, cleanse, sin, set me free, I, Lord, cleansing me, Fulfill, word, pure, fill me, fire, burned shame, magnify Thy name, life, wholly thine, love divine, take, will, surrender, me abide, Holy Spirit, revival Thy word, blessings, humbly plead
Interpretation notes:
The hymn uses mostly half notes and dotted half notes, giving it a slower rhythmic character.
Important words such as 'search,' 'God,' 'heart,' 'pray,' 'will,' and 'fire' are extended.
The melody spans about a sixth from D to B-flat and moves mostly stepwise, with several half-step chromatic inflections.