| Location in The Sacred Harp | ||||||
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| Stanza | Denson | Cooper | ||||
| 1 |
"Mercy, O thou Son of David!" Thus blind Bartimeus pray'd; "Other by thy word are saved, Now to me afford thine aid:" Many for his crying chid him, But he call'd the louder still; Till the gracious Saviour bid him "Come, and ask me what you will." |
Charlestown 52b, Stanzas 1 & 2 Villulia 56b (Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4), Stanza 1 |
Prayer of Bartimeus (Charlestown) 52b, Stanzas 1 & 2 |
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| 2 |
Money was not what he wanted, Tho' by begging us'd to live; But he ask'd, and Jesus granted Alms, which none but he could give: "Lord, remove this grievous blindness, Let my eyes behold the day;" Straight he saw, and, won by kindness, Follow'd Jesus in the way. |
Villulia 56b, Stanzas 2 & 3 |
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| 3 |
Oh! methinks I hear him praising, Publishing to all around, "Friends, is not my case amazing? What a Saviour I have found: Oh! that all the blind but knew him, And would be advis'd by me! Surely, they would hasten to him, He would cause them all to see." |
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