Hymnal: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #LXXII (1793) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns First Line: Beside the gospel pool Lyrics: 1 Beside the gospel pool
Appointed for the poor,
From year to year, my helpless soul
Has waited for a cure.
2 How often have I seen
The healing waters move;
And others, round me, stepping in
Their efficacy prove.
3 But my complaints remain,
I feel the very same;
As full of guilt, and fear, and pain,
As when as first I came.
4 Oh would the Lord appear,
My malady to heal;
He knows how long I've languish'd here,
And what distress I feel.
5 How often have I thought,
Why should I longer lie?
Surely the mercy I have sought
Is not for such as I.
6 But whither can I go?
There is not other pool
Where streams of sov'reign virtue flow,
To make a sinner whole.
7 Here then, from day to day,
I'll wait, and hope, and try;
Can Jesus hear a sinner pray,
Yet suffer him to die?
8 No: He is full of grace:
He never will permit
A soul, that fain would see his face,
To perish at his feet. Topics: The Sensible Sinner Languages: English
The Pool of Bethesda