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The Gospel Pool 444t
Tune: Eld. Edmund Dumas, 1869
Lyrics: John Newton, 1779
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
Beside the gospel pool,
Appointed for the poor,
From time to time my helpless soul
Has waited for a cure.
O would the Lord appear,
My malady to heal!
He knows how long I’ve languished here,
And what distress I feel.
Here then from day to day,
I’ll wait and hope and try;
Can Jesus hear a sinner pray,
Yet Suffer him to die?
No, He is full of grace,
He never will permit,
A soul that fain would see His face,
To perish at His feet.