You had been for ever wretched ,
Had I not espoused your part ;
Now behold my arms outstretched
To receive you to my heart.
4 " Well may shame and joy and wonder
All your inward passions move ;
I could crush thee with my thunder,
But I speak to thee in love :
See ! your sins are all forgiven,
I have paid the countless sum!
Now my death has open d heaven,
Thither you shall shortly come."
5 Dearest Saviour, we adore thee
For thy precious life and death ;
Melt each stubborn heart before thee,
Give us all the eye of faith :
From the law s condemning sentence,
To thy mercy we appeal ;
Thou alone canst give repentance,
Thou alone our souls canst heal.
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The good Physician.
1 How lost was my condition
Till Jesus made me whole !
There is but one Physician
Can cure a sin-sick soul !
Next door to death he found me,
And snatch d me from the grave
To tell to all around me
His wondrous power to save.
2 The worst of all diseases
Is light compared with sin ;
On every part it seizes,
But rages most within :
Tis palsy, dropsy, fever,
And maoness all combined ;
And none but a believer
The least relief can find.
