Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#107

107. Man Made of Earth by Earth He Heals

1. Man made of earth by earth He heals!
The creature is whate’er He wills
Who gave it first to be:
Clay in th’ Almighty’s hands restores
Our bodily, or mental powers,
And gives the blind to see.

2. Your touch medicinal we prove;
Our blindness it does still remove;
The unction of your grace
Opens our faith’s enlightened eyes,
And lo! with rapturous surprize
We see your lovely face!

3. When Jesus bade me first believe,
My spirit did its sight receive,
Though long by nature blind;
To Christ at his command I went,
And found him by his Father sent,
The Savior of mankind.

4. His Spirit drew me to the pool,
Which makes a world of sinners whole,
The purple fountain showed,
The balm infallible applied,
And pointed out the Crucified,
And plunged me in his blood.

5. ’Twas there I washed my sins away,
I triumphed in the gospel-day,
To paradise restored:
And clearly still I all things view,
But nothing half so fair as you,
So heav’nly as my Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: Man made of earth by earth he heals
• Title: Man Made of Earth by Earth He Heals
• Author: Charles Wesley (1764)
• Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  John 9
• Topic: Lent
• Notes: Text by Charles Wesley, founder of Methodism, from his unpublished MS John (1764), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: CORNWALL
• Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1872)
• Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
• Incipit: 35321 1765
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Tune CORNWALL by [Charles Wesley's] grandson, Samuel Sebastian Wesley, from The European Psalmist (1872).