Scripture Verse

Wilt thou be made whole? John 5:6

Introduction

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Christ Healing by the Well of Bethesda
Carl H. Bloch (1834–1890)

Words & Mu­sic: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, 1912 (🔊 pdf nwc).

portrait
William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

Hear the foot­steps of Je­sus,
He is now pass­ing by,
Bearing balm for the wound­ed,
Healing all who ap­ply;
As He spake to the suff’rer
Who lay at the pool,
He is say­ing this mo­ment,
Wilt thou be made whole?

Refrain

Wilt thou be made whole?
Wilt thou be made whole?
O come, wea­ry suf­fer­er,
O come, sin-sick soul;
See the life-stream is flow­ing,
See the cleans­ing waves roll,
Step in­to the cur­rent and thou shalt be whole.

’Tis the voice of that Sav­ior,
Whose mer­ci­ful call
Freely of­fers sal­va­tion
To one and to all;
He is now beck’ning to Him
Each sin-taint­ed soul,
And lov­ing­ly ask­ing,
Wilt thou be made whole?

Refrain

Are you halt­ing and strugg­ling,
Overpowr’d by your sin,
While the wat­ers are trou­bled
Can you not en­ter in?
Lo, the Sav­ior stands wait­ing
To strength­en your soul;
He is ear­nest­ly plead­ing,
Wilt thou be made whole?

Refrain

Blessèd Sav­ior, as­sist us
To rest on Thy Word;
Let the soul heal­ing pow­er
On us now be out­poured;
Wash away ev­ery sin-spot,
Take per­fect con­trol,
Say to each trust­ing spi­rit,
Thy faith makes thee whole.

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