Book 1, Hymn 95 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Mercy, O thou Son of David!
Book 1, Hymn 95 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Mercy, O thou Son of David!Thus blind Bartimaeus prayed;Others by thy word are saved,Now to me afford thine aid:Many for his crying chid him,But he called the louder still;Till the gracious Savior bid him“Come, and ask me what you will.”
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Stanza 2. Money was not what he wanted,Though by begging used to live;But he asked, and JESUS grantedAlms, which none but he could give:LORD remove this grievous blindness,Let my eyes behold the day;Strait he saw, and won by kindness,Followed JESUS in the way.
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Stanza 3. O! methinks I hear him praising,Publishing to all around;“Friends, is not my case amazing?What a Savior I have found:O! that all the blind but knew him,And would be advised by me!Surely, would they hasten to him,He would cause them all to see.”
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 95. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-95
About these words
John Newton lived from 1725 to 1807. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
