Man made of earth by earth he heals

Verse 1

Man made of earth by earth He heals! The creature is whate’er He wills Who gave it first to be: Clay in th’ Almighty’s hands restores Our bodily, or mental powers, And gives the blind to see.

Verse 2

Your touch medicinal we prove; Our blindness it does still remove; The unction of your grace Opens our faith’s enlightened eyes, And lo! with rapturous surprize We see your lovely face!

Verse 3

When Jesus bade me first believe, My spirit did its sight receive, Though long by nature blind; To Christ at his command I went, And found him by his Father sent, The Savior of mankind.

Verse 4

His Spirit drew me to the pool, Which makes a world of sinners whole, The purple fountain showed, The balm infallible applied, And pointed out the Crucified, And plunged me in his blood.

Verse 5

’Twas there I washed my sins away, I triumphed in the gospel-day, To paradise restored: And clearly still I all things view, But nothing half so fair as you, So heav’nly as my Lord.