A Pocket Hymn Book ‎#XXIV

XXIV. Jesus, if still thou art to-day

1 Jesus, if still thou art to-day
As yesterday the same,
Present to heal, in me display
The virtue of thy name.

2 If still thou go'st about to do
Thy needy creatures good,
On me, that I thy praise may shew,
Be all thy wonders shew'd.

3 Now, Lord, to whom for help I call,
Thy miracles repeat;
With pitying eyes behold me fall
A leper at thy feet.

4 Loathsome, and foul, and self-abhorr'd,
I sink beneath my sin;
But if thou wilt, a gracious word
Of thine can make me clean.

5 Thou seest me deaf to thy commands,
Open, O Lord, my ear;
Bid me stretch out my wither'd hands,
And lift them up in pray'r.

6 Silent (alas! thou know'st how long)
My voice I cannot raise;
But O! when thou shalt loose my tongue,
The dumb shall sing thy praise.

7 Lame at the pool I still am found:
Give, and my strength employ;
Light as a hart I then shall bound,
The lame shall leap for joy.

8 Blind from my birth to guilt and thee,
And dark I am within;
The love of God I cannot see,
The sinfulness of sin.

9 But thou, they say, art passing by,
O let me find thee near;
Jesus, in mercy, hear my cry
Thou Son of David hear.

10 Long have I waited in the way,
For thee, the heav'nly light;
Command me to be brought, and say,
Sinner, receive thy sight.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, if still thou art to-day
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1791
• Topic: Penitential
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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