Scripture Verse

There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. John 5:2–4

Introduction

Words: Ma­ry A. Mc­Kee, in Fair­er Than Day (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: George C. Hugg, 1903), num­ber 56.

Music: Ad­am Gei­bel (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mc­Kee (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Adam Geibel
1855–1933

Lyrics

I come, O Lord, when troubled waves are stirring
The healing fount that cures the touch of sin;
I come in hope, no faintness then deterring,
But there are none,
O Lord, to help me in.

Refrain

Help me in, help me in!
I am tired now of sin;
Help me in, help me in!
I may life eternal win!

I come, O Lord, when mercy is extended,
And angel wings are brooding softly o’er;
The ways of sin, that I had once defended,
I leave them all,
And I can do no more.

Refrain

I come, O Lord, though others may be hasting
With stronger steps to seek the way of life;
I come in faith, no precious moment wasting,
While earth and Heav­en With love and peace are rife.

Refrain