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Text:The Beggar
Author:W. Gadsby

588. The Beggar

1 A limping beggar, clothed in rags;
Disgraceful and forlorn;
In self a mass of hateful dregs,
In Satan’s image born;

2 To Jesus comes, with all his woes,
And loud for mercy cries;
And mercy, like a river, flows
From Jesus’ heart and eyes.

3 He takes the rebel to his breast,
And, with a touch divine,
Heals him of all his wretchedness,
And makes his face to shine.

4 Himself he binds by oath and blood,
To take the wretch to bliss;
Then gives his soul a glimpse of God,
And kills him with a kiss.

5 Salvation unto God belongs!
Amen! we’ll bless his name;
And when we have immortal tongues,
We’ll still repeat the same.

Text Information
First Line: A limping beggar, clothed in rags
Title: The Beggar
Author: W. Gadsby
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1844
Topic: Salvation and Free Grace
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