Balm in Gilead, and a Good Physician There

Verse 1

Deep are the wounds which sin has made; Where shall the sinner find a cure? In vain, alas! is nature's aid; The work exceeds her utmost power.

Verse 2

But can no sovereign balm be found, And is no kind physician nigh, To ease the pain, and heal the wound, Ere life and hope forever fly?

Verse 3

There is a great Physician near; Look up, O fainting soul, and live; See, in his heavenly smiles appear Such help as nature cannot give.