Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Bleeding hearts defiled by sin
Topic: The Gospel/Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 307
Page Number: 191, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBleeding hearts, defiled by sin,
Jesus Christ can make you clean;
Contrite souls, with guilt oppress'd,
Jesus Christ can give you rest.
You that mourn o'er follies past,
Precious hours and years laid waster:
Turn to God, O turn and live,
Jesus Christ can still forgive.
You that oft have wander'd 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.