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III. JEHOVAH-ROPHI. I AM THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE.--_Exod._ xv. 26.
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III. JEHOVAH-ROPHI. I AM THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE.--_Exod._ xv. 26.
Heal us, Emmanuel, here we are, Waiting to feel thy touch: Deep-wounded souls to thee repair, And, Saviour, we are such.
Our faith is feeble, we confess, We faintly trust thy word; But wilt thou pity us the less? Be that far from thee, Lord!
Remember him who once applied, With trembling, for relief; "Lord, I believe," with tears he cried,[879] "Oh, help my unbelief!"
She too, who touch'd thee in the press, And healing virtue stole, Was answer'd, "Daughter, go in peace,[880] Thy faith hath made thee whole."
Conceal'd amid the gathering throng, She would have shunn'd thy view; And if her faith was firm and strong, Had strong misgivings too.
Like her, with hopes and fears we come, To touch thee, if we may; Oh! send us not despairing home, Send none unheal'd away.
[879] Mark ix. 24.
[880] Mark v. 34.