Beside the gospel pool

The words

1. 1

   Stanza 1. Beside the gospel poolAppointed for the poor;From year to year, my helpless soulHas waited for a cure.

2. 2

   Stanza 2. How often have I seenThe healing waters move;And others, round me, stepping inTheir efficacy prove.

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   Stanza 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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   Stanza 4. O would the LORD appearMy malady to heal;He knows how long I’ve languished here;And what distress I feel.

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   Stanza 5. How often have I thoughtWhy should I longer lie?Surely the mercy I have soughtIs not for such as I.

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   Stanza 6. But whither can I go?There is no other poolWhere streams of sovereign virtue flowTo make a sinner whole.

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   Stanza 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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   Stanza 8. No: he is full of grace;He never will permitA soul, that fain would see his face,To perish at his feet.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 112. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-112