Healing the Blind, originally uploaded by Barking Tigs.

The Good Physician.

How lost was my condition,
Till Jesus made me whole !
There is but one Physician
Can cure a sin-sick soul!
Next door to death He found me,
And snatch'd me from the grave;
To tell to all around me
His wondrous power to save.

The worst of all diseases
Is light compared with sin ;
On every part it seizes,
But rages most within :
'Tis palsy, dropsy, fever,
And madness—all combined;
And none but a believer,
The least relief can find.

From men great skill professing
I thought a cure to gain ;
But this proved more distressing,
And added to my pain :
Some said that nothing ail'd me,
Some gave me up for lost;
Thus every refuge fail'd me,
And all my hopes were cross'd.

At length this great Physician,
How matchless is his grace!
Accepted my petition,
And undertook my case :
First gave me sight to view Him,
For sin my sight had seal'd ;
Then bid me look unto Him;
I look'd, and I was heal'd.

A dying, risen Jesus,
Seen by the eye of faith,
At once from anguish frees us,
And saves the soul from death:
Come then to this Physician,
His help he'll freely give,
He makes no hard condition,
'Tis only—look and live.
- Olney

Window: Healing the Blind
Healing the Blind - stained glass window in St Mary, Letchworth

Uploaded by Barking Tigs on 27 May 09, 1.36PM EDT.