Purity and Seeing God

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8 God be merciful to me, On Thy grace I rest my plea; Plenteous in compassion, Thou, Blot out my transgressions now; Wash me, make me pure within, Cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin. Such may well be the prayer that must be pressed from our heart and must needs flow from our lips in humble contrition of spirit, before we could even con­template to appropriate the riches of blessing and grace this sixth beatitude would bestow...