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*Bethesdsa’s Pool, John 5:2 | |||
BESIDE the Gospel pool,* Appointed for the poor, Has many a helpless, seeking soul Come hoping for a cure. |
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2 | How often have we seen The healing waters move, And needy sinners stepping in, Converting kindness prove. |
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3 | But some unsaved remain, They feel the very same, As full of guilt, and doubt, and pain, As when at first they came. |
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4 | And often some have thought, ‘Why should I longer lie? Surely the mercy I have sought Is not for such as I?’ |
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5 | But where else can they go? There is no other pool Where streams of love and mercy flow To make a sinner whole. |
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6 | O bless them here today, In trust may they apply; O Saviour, hear lost sinners pray, Nor suffer them to die. |
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John Newton, 1725-1807 |