Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Bleeding hearts defiled by sin
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Perkins
Meter: 7s
Tune: Cookham
Hymn Number: 229
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBleeding hearts, defiled by sin,
Jesus Christ can make you clean;
Contrite souls, with guilt oppressed,
Jesus Christ can give you rest.
You that morn o'er follies past,
Precious hours and years laid waste;
Turn to God, oh turn turn and live,
Jesus Christ can still forgive.
You that oft have wandered far
From the light of Bethlehem's star,
Trembling, now your steps retrace,
Jesus Christ is full of grace.
Souls benighted and forlorn,
Grieved, afflicted, tempest-worn,
Now in Israel's rock confide,
Jesus Christ for man has died.
Fainting souls, in peril's hour,
Yield not to the tempter's power;
On the risen Lord rely,
Jesus Christ now reigns on high.