O Thou, Whom Once They Flocked to Hear
"I come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." - Luke 5:32
VERSE 1
O Thou, whom once they flocked to hear,
Thy words to hear, Thy pow'r to feel;
Suffer the sinners to draw near,
And graciously receive us still.
VERSE 2
They that be whole, Thyself hast said,
No need of a physician have;
But I am sick, and want Thine aid,
And want Thine utmost pow'r to save.
VERSE 3
Thy pow'r, and truth, and love divine,
The same from age to age endure;
A word, a gracious word of Thine,
The most inveterate plague can cure.
VERSE 4
Helpless howe'er my spirit lies
And long hath languish'd at the pool,
A word of Thine shall make me rise,
And speak me in a moment whole.
VERSE 5
Eighteen, or eight-and-thirty, years
Or thousands, are alike to Thee
Soon as Thy saving grace appears,
My plague is gone, my heart is free.
VERSE 6
Make this the acceptable hour,
Come, O my soul's Physician, Thou!
Display Thy sanctifying pow'r,
And show me Thy salvation now.
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