| Location in The Sacred Harp | ||||||
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| Stanza | Denson | Cooper | ||||
| 1 |
Beside the gospel pool, Appointed for the poor, From year to year my helpless soul Has waited for a cure. |
The Gospel Pool 34t, Stanza 1 |
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| 2 |
How often have I seen The healing waters move; And other, round me, stepping in, Their efficacy prove? |
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| 3 |
But my complaints remain; I feel the very same; As full of guilt, and fear, and pain, As when at first I came. |
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| 4 |
O would the Lord appear My malady to heal; He knows how long I've languish'd here, And what distress I feel. |
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| 5 |
How often have I thought Why should I longer lie? Surely the mercy I have sought Is not for such as I? |
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| 6 |
But whither can I go? There is no other pool Where streams of sov'reign virtue flow To make a sinner whole. |
The Gospel Pool 34t, Stanza 2 |
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| 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? |
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| 8 |
No: he is full of grace; He never will permit A soul that fain would see his face, To perish at his feet. |
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