Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Physician of my sin-sick soul
Topic: Repenting Sinner
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 32
Page Number: 030, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPhysician of my sin-sick soul,
To thee I bring my case;
My raging malady control,
And heal me by thy grace.
Pity the anguish I endure,
See how I mourn and pine;
For never can I hope a cure,
From any hand but thine.
I would disclose my whole complaint,
But where shall I begin?
No words of mine can fully paint,
That worst distemper, sin.
It makes me deaf, and dumb, and blind,
And impotent and lame;
And overclouds and fills my mind,
With folly, fear, and shame.
A thousand evil thoughts intrude,
Tumultuous in my breast;
Which indispose me for my food,
And rob me of my rest.
Lord, I am sick, regard my cry,
And set my spirit free;
Say, canst thou let a sinner die,
Who longs to live with thee?