Verse 1
See, Lord, the object of thy love,
And O come quickly from above,
The blessing to impart,
Him to thyself by faith unite,
And in large bloody letters111 write
Forgiveness on his heart.

Verse 2
Feeble, and languishing in pain,
He only longs thy love to gain,
That medicine of the soul:
Jesus, thy pardning love reveal,
And give him now the balm to feel,
Which made our spirits whole.

Verse 3
Lo! In the arms of faith and prayer
To thee his sin-sick soul we bear,
And place beneath thine eye;
Pronounce the comfortable word,
And speak him now to health restor’d,
And freely justify.

Verse 4
Thou Son of man, with equal ease
The body’s and the soul’s disease
Canst in a moment heal,
Canst from his bed of sickness raise,
And by thine instantaneous grace
His present pardon seal.

Verse 5
But that the faithless world may know
Thou canst forgive our sins below,
Before we reach the skies,
The double miracle repeat,
Absolve the sinner at thy feet,
And bid his body rise.

Verse 6
Body, and soul at once restore,
And bid him testify the power,
That shews his sins forgiven,
Bid him by faith take up the bed,
On which thy sacred limbs were laid,
And bear his cross to heaven.