Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: When the poor leper's case I read
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 44
Page Number: 040, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen the poor leper's case I read,
My own described I feel;
Sin is a leprosy indeed,
Which none but Christ can heal.
What anguish did my soul endure,
Till hope and patience ceas'd!
The more I strove myself to cure,
The more the plague increas'd.
While thus I lay distress'd, I saw
The Saviour passing by;
To him, tho' fill'd with shame and awe,
I rais'd my mournful cry.
Lord, thou canst heal me if thou wilt,
Oh! Pity to me shew;
Oh, cleanse my leprous soul from guilt,
My filthy heart renew.
He heard, and with a gracious look,
Pronounc'd the healing word;
"I will---be clean" and while he spoke
I felt my heart restor'd.
Come, sinners, seize the present hour,
The Saviour's grace to prove;
He can relieve, for he has pow'r,
He will, for he is love.