SAVIOUR, WHO DIDST HEALING GIVE

 A HYMN FOR THE 13TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

By Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (1851–1920)

 

1 Saviour, who didst healing give,

Still in power go before us;

Thou through death didst bid men live,

Unto fuller life restore us;

Strength from thee the fainting found,

Deaf men heard, the blind went seeing;

At thy touch was banished sickness,

And the leper felt new being.

 

2 Thou didst work thy deeds of old

Through the loving hands of others;

Still thy mercies manifold

Bless men by the hands of brothers;

Angels still before thy face

Go, sweet health to brothers bringing;

Still, hearts glow to tell his praises

With whose name the Church is ringing.

 

3 Loved physician! for his word

Lo, the gospel page burns brighter,

Mission servant of the Lord,

Painter true, and perfect writer;

Saviour, of thy bounty send

Such as Luke of gospel story,

Friends to all in body’s prison

Till the sufferers see thy glory.