Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Bleeding hearts defil'd by sin
Topic: Contrition
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: 7s
Tune: Aletta
Hymn Number: 464
Page Number: 161, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBLEEDING hearts, defil'd 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 waste,
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,
Griev'd, afflicted, tempest-worn,
Now in Israel's rock confide;
Jesus Christ for man has died.