The Hymnal ‎#375

375. Thou Lord of life, our saving Health

1 Thou Lord of life, our saving Health,
Who mak'st Thy suffering ones our care,
Our gifts are still our truest wealth,
To serve Thee our sincerest prayer.

2 As on the river's rising tide
Flow strength and coolness from the sea,
So through the ways our hands provide
May quickening life flow in from Thee.

3 To heal the wound, to still the pain,
And strength to failing pulses bring,
Till the lame feet shall leap again,
And the parched lips with gladness sing.

4 Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought:
Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned:
Ours is the hope, the will, the thought;
The rest, O God, is in Thy hand.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou Lord of life, our saving Health
• Author: Rev. Samuel Longfellow (1868)
• Publication Date: 1895
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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